vaihtaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• barter verb To trade goods or services directly for other goods or services, without using money.
• change verb To become different, or to make something different.
• commute verb To travel regularly between home and one's place of work or study.
• convert verb To change something from one form, substance, or purpose into another.
• doff verb To take off something you are wearing or carrying, such as clothing or armor.
• exchange noun The act of giving or swapping one thing for another.
• reciprocate verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
• renew verb To extend the length of something, such as a subscription, loan, or license.
• shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.
• substitute verb To use one thing or person in place of another.
• swap verb To exchange one thing for another.
• switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.
• toggle verb To switch something between two settings, usually on and off, often repeatedly.
• trade verb To buy and sell goods, services, or securities.

Senses

vaihtaa is used for these senses in English:

• commute To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
• convert (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
• doff To remove (a bobbin or spindle which is full of spun yarn) from a spinning frame for replacement with an empty one.
• exchange (transitive) To trade or barter.
• exchange (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
• exchange (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
• reciprocate (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
• renew (transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.

barter — full definition

1. verb To trade goods or services directly for other goods or services, without using money.
2. noun The practice or system of exchanging goods or services without money.

change — full definition

1. verb To become different, or to make something different.
2. verb To replace one thing with another, such as clothes or a diaper.
3. verb To switch from one train, bus, or vehicle to another during a journey.
4. noun The act or result of becoming different.
5. noun Coins given back after paying with a larger amount of money than the price.

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