exchange

barter

Direct goods-for-goods exchange

• swapExchange one for another
• transactionExchange of goods/money
• commerceExchange of goods, services

trading · marketplace · commodity · goods · merchandise · deal · bargain · negotiation · broker · dealer

replacement

What takes another's place

• swapExchange one for another
• surrogateOne acting for another
• proxyAuthorized substitute

alternate · stand-in · substitute · trade-in · switch · changeover · rotation · relief · turnover · handoff

stock

Goods kept for sale

• securitiesTradeable financial assets
• marketVenue for trade
• tradingExchanging for value

Wall Street · NASDAQ · NYSE · futures · bonds · shares · derivatives · commodities · forex · currency

sacrifice

Giving up something precious

• captureTake into custody
• tradeExchange of commodities
• pieceA portion or segment

material · gambit · fork · tactic · recapture · simplification · liquidation · compensation · positional

dialogue

Spoken exchange between parties

• conversationExchange of spoken ideas
• discourseFormal communication on subjects
• correspondenceExchanged written communication

discussion · repartee · banter · debate · words · ideas · pleasantries · greeting · volley · retort

student

One formally enrolled somewhere

• study abroadAttend university overseas
• culturalRelating to shared traditions
• FulbrightAcademic international exchange program

Erasmus · foreign · international · semester · immersion · host family · visiting · academic · scholarship · fellowship

switchboard

Telephone routing panel

• operatorOne who works machinery
• PBXPrivate branch exchange
• callContact by phone

line · connection · routing · extension · central · trunk · dial · telecommunications · directory · hotline

• business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
• customer servicecustomer service, service, apology, patience, callback
• economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
• barterswap, barter, trade, haggling, bargain
• Business Verbsdeal, trade, negotiate, bargain, transact
• dialogueconversation, line, lines, banter, talk