part exchange

noun

A contract where one party pays money and supplies goods or services, and the other supplies goods or services in exchange.

“When I bought my new car, it was a part exchange: I traded in my old car and paid some cash along with it.”

Meanings

nounpart exchange (plural part exchanges)

plural part exchanges

  1. A contract where one party pays money and supplies goods or services, and the other supplies goods or services in exchange.

    When I bought my new car, it was a part exchange: I traded in my old car and paid some cash along with it.

verbpart exchange (third-person singular simple present part exchanges, present participle part exchanging, simple past and past participle part exchanged)

present singular third person part exchanges · participle present part exchanging · participle past part exchanged · past part exchanged

  1. transitiveTo supply (an item of goods), along with money, in exchange for other goods or services.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “part exchange,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/part%20exchange.

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