equal exchange

Example Sentences

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My sister tells me that she’s taking on huge responsibilities by “caring” for our parents, but other than taking them to a few appointments I’m not sure I’m seeing an equal exchange in this arrangement.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2021

Her Syllabus course paired up graduate students and preschoolers as co-researchers, stressing that it should be an equal exchange.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2015

If, in our loneliness, we found another intelligence, wouldn't we want an equal exchange instead of abasement?

From Eight Keys to Eden by Clifton, Mark

This is inadmissible, because unequal; and as we believe that Spain is not ripe for an equal exchange on this basis, we avoid proposing it.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 1: George Washington by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

This is equal exchange, and a natural phenomenon.

From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton