Substitution: meaning in English

verb

Exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.

Usage examples:

He often bartered a meal for drawings

noun

The action or system of bartering.

Usage examples:

Paper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barter

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

An act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return.

Usage examples:

Negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace

verb

Short for telephone exchange.

verb

To change something for something else of a similar value or type

Usage examples:

This shirt is too small – can i exchange it for one in a larger size?, before we left the meeting, …

verb

(of two or more people) exchange (things) with each other.

Usage examples:

Superior and subordinates freely interchange information

noun

The action of interchanging people or things.

Usage examples:

The interchange of ideas

verb

Cause to change places

noun

The action or process of replacing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The replacement of religion by poetry

noun

A thing or person that takes the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

A replacement for sb/sth we now use leds as replacements for conventional light bulbs., a permanent…

verb

Take the place of.

Usage examples:

Ian's smile was replaced by a frown

verb

Present participle of replace

Usage examples:

The factory replaced most of its workers with robots., tourism has replaced agriculture as the nati…

verb

Take part in an exchange of.

Usage examples:

We swapped phone numbers

noun

An act of exchanging one thing for another.

Usage examples:

Let's do a swap

verb

Exchange or give in exchange for

verb

Take part in an exchange of.

Usage examples:

We swapped phone numbers

noun

An act of exchanging one thing for another.

Usage examples:

Let's do a swap

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

verb

Device for making or breaking the connections in a circuit

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

noun

An act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another.

Usage examples:

His friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

Usage examples:

[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

phrasal verb

Exchange something of value, especially as part of a compromise.

Usage examples:

The government traded off economic advantages for political gains

phrasal verb

To accept something bad in order to have something good

Usage examples:

Trade sth off for sth they are uneasy with trading off future revenue for easy cash now., a trade-o…

phrasal verb

To accept a disadvantage or bad feature in order to have something good

Usage examples:

Trade something off against something it may be possible to trade off manpower costs against comput…

phrase

An exchange that occurs as a compromise

noun

A balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.

Usage examples:

A trade-off between objectivity and relevance

phrasal verb

To accept something bad in order to have something good

Usage examples:

Trade sth off for sth they are uneasy with trading off future revenue for easy cash now., a trade-o…