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

This is equal exchange, and a natural phenomenon.

From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton

All which circumstances combined to render the number of prisoners, at all times, by far too small for a regular and equal exchange.

From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Dandridge, Danske

This was an equal exchange in live weight of the animal; a pound of flour for a pound of goat.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir