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executor
  • n  a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
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excrement
  • n  waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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excessiveness
  • n  immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
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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
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exchange rate
  • n  the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another
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exchange traded fund
  • n  a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange
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exchange transfusion
  • n  slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood
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