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31exchange — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English exchaunge, from Anglo French eschange, from eschanger to exchange, from Vulgar Latin *excambiare, from Latin ex + cambiare to exchange more at change Date: 14th century 1. the act of… …
32Exchange — A marketplace in which securities, commodities, derivatives and other financial instruments are traded. The core function of an exchange such as a stock exchange is to ensure fair and orderly trading, as well as efficient dissemination of price… …
33exchange — ex•change [[t]ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ[/t]] v. changed, chang•ing, n. 1) to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent or substitute 2) to replace (returned merchandise) with something else 3) to give and receive reciprocally;… …
34Exchange coffee house — First known as the City Tavern, kept by Robert Tesseyman, this 19th century hotel in Montreal, Canada later became the Exchange Coffee House. The hotel was a common place of rest for transient travellers and Upper Canada merchants. It became the… …
35Commodities Exchange Center — ( CEC) The location of five New York futures exchanges: Commodity Exchange, Inc. ( COMEX), the New York Mercantile exchange ( NYMEX), the New York Cotton Exchange, the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa exchange (CSC), and the New York futures exchange (… …
36exchange — /ɪks tʃeɪndʒ/ noun 1. the act of giving one thing for another 2. a market for shares, commodities, futures, etc. ■ verb 1. ♦ to exchange something (for something else) to give one thing in place of something else ● He exchanged his motorcycle for …
37exchange — verb give something and receive something else, especially of the same kind, in return. noun 1》 an act or the action of exchanging. 2》 a short conversation or argument. 3》 the changing of money to its equivalent in the currency of another country …
38Commodities Exchange Act — US legislation governing the commodities and futures markets. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary …
39Exchange of Futures for Cash — A method by which opposite parties of a futures contract that has underlying cash commodities aim to close out their positions simultaneously. Also know as exchange for physicals (EFP). This process is similar to a swap and can be completed in… …
40commodities — /kamodatiyz/ Those things which are useful or serviceable, particularly articles of merchandise movable in trade. Goods, wares, and merchandise of any kind; articles of trade or commerce. Movable articles of value; things that are bought and sold …
