Exchange and Reasoning

Exchange

Exchange noun - A giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another.

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Reasoning and exchange are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reasoning" instead a noun "Exchange".

Reasoning noun - The thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems.

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Exchange and reasoning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exchange" instead a noun "Reasoning".

Nearby Words: reason, reasonable, reasoned, reasonably

emotional	emotional exchange	emotional reasoning
full	full exchange	full reasoning
exact	exact exchange	exact reasoning
similar	similar exchange	similar reasoning
Other adjectives: initial, actual, entire, real, little, new, verbal.

Pictured above, one of these offers to sell Fry a set of gills in exchange for his lungs, under the reasoning that he'd have no need for them, thanks to his new gills.

Source: Back-Alley Doctor
In the Primordial War which serves as the prehistory of the setting, he was willing to give himself as a hostage in exchange for a single mortal man, reasoning that as a being of Compassion if he was willing to sacrifice for the many, he must be willing to sacrifice for the one.

Source: God Is Good
A minor criminal does the same with the same reasoning, but lacks the competence to survive until the treasures regain their value, and his story ends with his girlfriend fruitlessly trying to exchange one of his valuable necklaces for a small amount of food.

Source: Comic Book / Batman: No Man's Land

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