counterchange means an exchange of one thing for another. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
Etymology
From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb).
noun
- An exchange of one thing for another.
- Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation.“But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse [...].”
verb
- To give and receive; C; to exchange.
- To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.“Witch-elms that counterchange the floor / Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright.”