Swap Definition
swŏp
swapped, swapping, swaps
verb
swapped, swapping, swaps
To trade one thing for another.
American Heritage
To exchange, trade, or barter.
Webster's New World
To exchange (one thing) for another.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- switch
- swop
- trade
- (colloq.) exchange
- exchange
- barter
- substitute
- interchange
- shift
- commute
- change
noun
swaps
An exchange, trade, or barter.
Webster's New World
An exchange of one thing for another.
American Heritage
A negotiated contract as between two corporations for a mutually beneficial exchange of currencies, loans, etc.
Webster's New World
idiom
swap out
- to exchange or substitute for another of the same kind
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Swap
Origin of Swap
Middle English swappen to strike, strike the hands together in closing a bargain
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Uncertain, probably from imitative origin.
From Wiktionary
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