interchange
IPA: ɪntɝtʃˈeɪndʒ
noun
- An act of interchanging.
- A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
- (rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
verb
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
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Examples of "interchange" in Sentences
- But our pejorative interchange occurred in the relative privacy of Heathrow mens room.
- But that's been buried as soaring prices forced the station to pay about $500 a month in interchange fees.
- The drive from Orizaba to the Oaxaca/Puebla interchange is extremely scenic, climbing dramatically for all but the final few minutes.
- If gas stations raise the price of gasoline $10 per tankful how much additional revenue do Visa and Mastercard make in interchange fees?
- But as the price climbs higher and higher, station operators have to cough up more and more of what they call interchange fees to the credit card company.
- VDOT had portrayed the road ending in a field in order to avoid acknowledging that the state's MRE project requires the federally funded interchange to complete it; as this revelation would necessitate that the combined project (MRE +interchange) comply with the higher U.S. environmental protection standards.
- The Fed's plan, mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law that Congress passed last summer, would cap what are known as interchange fees at 12 cents per debit-card transaction, a significant cut from the average of 44 cents that has prompted consumer groups and banking regulators to voice concerns about the proposal's impact on small banks and low-income consumers.
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