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exchange contracts — if the people buying and selling a house exchange contracts, they each sign a contract so that the sale is officially complete … English dictionary
exchange contracts — Brit. (of a buyer) sign a legal contract with the vendor of a property or piece of land, making the purchase legally binding and enforceable. → exchange … English new terms dictionary
forward exchange contracts — A contract where parties enter into a sale and purchase with completion at a much later date. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 … Law dictionary
exchange — An association of persons who participate in the business of buying or selling futures contracts or futures options. A forum or place where traders gather to buy or sell economic goods. With the advent of the computerized exchange, it is… … Financial and business terms
Exchange — The marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities and indices are traded. Principal US stock exchanges are: New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE), American Stock Exchange ( AMEX) and the National Association of… … Financial and business terms
exchange — ex|change1 [ ıks tʃeındʒ ] noun *** ▸ 1 giving each other something ▸ 2 angry conversation ▸ 3 change type of money ▸ 4 change places with ▸ 5 place to buy & sell goods ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a situation in which one person gives another person… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
exchange of contracts — A procedure adopted in the sale and purchase of land in which both parties sign their copies of the contract, having satisfied themselves as to the state of the property, etc. , and agreed that they wish to be bound. There need be no physical… … Big dictionary of business and management
exchange — 1 /Iks tSeIndZ/ noun 1 GIVING/RECEIVING (C, U) the act of exchanging one thing for another or doing something to someone at the same time as they do it to you: an exchange of political prisoners | an honest exchange of information | fair exchange … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
exchange — ex|change1 W1S2 [ıksˈtʃeındʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(giving/receiving)¦ 2¦(argument/discussion)¦ 3 exchange of ideas/information etc 4¦(something you buy)¦ 5¦(money)¦ 6¦(students/teachers)¦ 7¦(jobs/homes etc)¦ 8¦(fight)¦ 9¦(building)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ … Dictionary of contemporary English
exchange — I UK [ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ] / US noun Word forms exchange : singular exchange plural exchanges *** 1) [countable] a situation in which one person gives another person something and receives something else of a similar type or value in return exchange of:… … English dictionary
