(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, idiomatic) To formally contract to purchase, sell or otherwise be party to a disposition of an estate in land; usually requiring the payment of a deposit by one of the parties.

present participle of exchange contracts.

(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) The act of exchanging contracts.

Alternative form of exchange of contracts.

Alternative form of exchange of contracts.

simple past tense and past participle of part exchange

(transitive) Alternative form of part exchange

present participle of part exchange

(transitive) To supply (an item of goods), along with money, in exchange for other goods or services.

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