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Definitions for Swap

[1] to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
[2] to substitute (one thing) for another (sometimes followed by in ): Swap in red wine for white, since powerful nutrients are in the red grape's skin.
[3] to replace (one thing) with another (sometimes followed by out ): To cut down on fat, swap cream for milk.
[4] to make an exchange.
[5] an exchange: He got the radio in a swap.
[6] to trade or exchange (something or someone) for another
[7] an exchange
[8] something that is exchanged
[9] Also called: swap option , swaption finance a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts, often exchanging fixed interest-rate for floating-rate debts (debt swap ), either as a means of managing debt or in trading (swap trading )

Words related to Swap

switch, substitute, trade, interchange, bandy, barter, bargain, traffic, truck, change, swop

Words nearby Swap

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Origin of Swap

1300–50; Middle English swappen “to strike, strike hands (in bargaining)”; cognate with dialectal German schwappen “to clap, box (the ears)”

Other words from Swap

swap·per , noun
un·swapped , adjective

Word origin for Swap

C14 (in the sense: to shake hands on a bargain, strike): probably of imitative origin

Synonyms for Swap

substitute, switch, trade, bandy, bargain, barter, change, interchange, swop, traffic, truck