swap
swap Lexical Profile
swap Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An act of exchanging one thing for another, or a thing given or received in such an exchange.
"The community center organized a clothing swap so neighbors could trade gently used garments."
A financial derivative contract in which two parties agree to exchange financial instruments, cash flows, or liabilities over a specified period.
"The corporation entered into an interest rate swap to hedge against fluctuating borrowing costs."
• verb
To take part in an exchange of one thing for another.
"We decided to swap seats so that she could sit next to the window during the flight."
To substitute one person or thing for another.
"You can easily swap the butter in this baking recipe for coconut oil."
To move segments of data or programs between main memory and secondary storage in a computer system.
"When physical RAM is full, the operating system begins to swap inactive pages to the hard drive."
• Rhymes for swap
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English swappen, meaning 'to strike' or 'to clap hands,' originally imitative of the sound of a sharp blow. The sense of exchanging developed from the medieval custom of striking or clapping hands together to seal a bargain.