exchanging

1. give to, and receive from, one anotherExamples: "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"Synonyms: change, exchange, interchange

2. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or categoryExamples: "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"Synonyms: change, commute, convert, exchange

3. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequenceSynonyms: exchange, switch, switch over

4. hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalentExamples: "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"Synonyms: exchange

5. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent itemsExamples: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace, substitute

6. exchange a penalty for a less severe oneSynonyms: commute, convert, exchange