exchange | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value, the endgame began after the exchange of queens |
exchange | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop, black lost the exchange |
substitution exchange commutation | 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 |
exchange transfusion | slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
exchange interchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries), he earns his living from the interchange of currency |
foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
exchange | the act of giving something in return for something received, deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable |
exchange interchange | the act of changing one thing for another thing, Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience, there was an interchange of prisoners |
rally exchange | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes, after a short rally Connors won the point |
American Stock Exchange AMEX Curb | a stock exchange in New York |
central telephone exchange exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
charge-exchange accelerator | an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
commodity exchange commodities exchange commodities market | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery |
corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
exchange | a workplace for buying and selling, open only to members |
futures exchange futures market forward market | a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded |
New York Stock Exchange N. Y. Stock Exchange NYSE big board | a stock exchange in New York |
post exchange PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
stock exchange stock market securities market | an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA | an act passed by Congress in to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, intended to increase United States counterintelligence, separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance |
foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
exchange | a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one), they had a bitter exchange |
Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
French Foreign Office Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
Foreign Service | the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world |
foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW | an organization of United States war veterans |
foreign legion | a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state |
French Foreign Legion | a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court F.I.S.C. | a secret federal court created in by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies |
Foreign Intelligence Service Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki SVR | Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information, collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime |
terrorist organization terrorist group foreign terrorist organization FTO | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
legation foreign mission | a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister |
mission missionary post missionary station foreign mission | an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
Securities and Exchange Commission SEC | an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors |
foreign agent | a spy for a foreign country |
foreign correspondent | a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast |
foreign minister secretary of state | a government minister for foreign relations |
exchange | chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another |
photochemical exchange | an exchange produced by the chemical action of radiant energy (especially light) |
foreign aid | aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another |
agio agiotage premium exchange premium | a fee charged for exchanging currencies |
rate of exchange exchange rate | the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another |
exchange traded fund ETF | a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange |
medium of exchange monetary system | anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region |
draft bill of exchange order of payment | a document ordering the payment of money, drawn by one person or bank on another |
foreign bill foreign draft | a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another |
foreign exchange | the system by which one currency is exchanged for another, enables international transactions to take place |
ion exchange | a process in which ions are exchanged between a solution and an insoluble (usually resinous) solid, widely used in industrial processing |