executor
- n a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
excellency
- n a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- n an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excrement
- n waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
exception
- n a deliberate act of omission
with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news - n an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; the only exception was her last child"
an exception tests the rule - n grounds for adverse criticism
his authority is beyond exception
excerpt
- n a passage selected from a larger work
he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings - v take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
excessiveness
- n immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
exchange
- n chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- n a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
they had a bitter exchange - n the act of changing one thing for another thing
Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience - n the act of giving something in return for something received
deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable - n a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- n a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- n (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- n reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- n the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
- n (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
black lost the exchange - n (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
the endgame began after the exchange of queens - v give to, and receive from, one another
- v exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- v change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- v hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
exchange prisoners
exchange employees between branches of the company - v put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- v exchange a penalty for a less severe one