Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense swaps, present participle swapping, past tense, past participle swapped
1. verb
If you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange.
Next week they will swap places and will repeat the switch weekly. [VERB noun]
I'd gladly swap places with mummy any day. [VERB noun + with]
I know a sculptor who swaps her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist. [V n + for/with]
Some hostages were swapped for convicted prisoners. [beV-ed + for/with]
Synonyms: exchange, trade, switch, traffic More Synonyms of swap
Swap is also a noun.
If she ever fancies a job swap, I could be interested.
2. verb
If you swap one thing for another, you remove the first thing and replace it with the second, or you stop doing the first thing and start doing the second.
Despite the heat, he'd swapped his overalls for a suit and tie. [VERB noun + for]
He has swapped his hectic rock star's lifestyle for that of a country gentleman. [VERB noun for noun]
Both sides swapped their goalies in the 30th minute. [VERB noun]
3. verb
If you swap stories or opinions with someone, you tell each other stories or give each other your opinions.
They all sat together at table, laughing and swapping stories. [V pl-n]
Synonyms: trade, exchange, reciprocate, bandy More Synonyms of swap
More Synonyms of swap
swap in British English
or swop (swɒp)
verbWord forms: swaps, swapping, swapped, swops, swopping or swopped
1.
to trade or exchange (something or someone) for another
noun
2.
an exchange
3.
something that is exchanged
4. 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)
Derived forms
swapper (ˈswapper) or swopper (ˈswopper)
noun
Word origin
C14 (in the sense: to shake hands on a bargain, strike): probably of imitative origin
swap in American English
(swɑp; swɔp)
Informal
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: swapped or ˈswapping
1.
to exchange, trade, or barter
noun
2.
an exchange, trade, or barter
3. Finance
a negotiated contract as between two corporations for a mutually beneficial exchange of currencies, loans, etc.
Derived forms
swapper (ˈswapper)
noun
Word origin
ME swappen, to strike (prob. echoic): from the striking of hands on concluding a bargain
swap in Finance
(swɒp)
Word forms: (regular plural) swaps
noun
(Finance: Investment)
A swap is the exchange of one security or investment for another.
The buyer of a swaption has the right to enter into an interest rate swap agreement by some specified date in the future.
Swap contracts generally do not involve exchanges of principal.
A swap is the exchange of one security or investment for another.
credit swap, debt swap, interest rate swap
Examples of 'swap' in a sentence
swap
Yet no one swapped information to save his life.
The Sun (2006)
But will swapping college to star in his own reality show do the trick?
The Sun (2013)
We also swap stories about him and his life.
The Sun (2014)
Then they swap jobs when the first one has had enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One option is for the banks to swap their debt for equity in the enlarged company.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For lunch the burger and chips needed to be swapped for something like a tortilla wrap.
The Sun (2008)
What you risk here is swapping one dependence for another.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He is also swapping the family car for a hybrid vehicle.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It does when they decide to swap jobs for the day!
The Sun (2009)
It also wants a debt swap to free funds for economic growth.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women.
The Sun (2007)
Stories of rebel advances or government losses are swapped, often in whispers over cups of tea.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If a job swap means he gives up music, that would be a bonus.
The Sun (2011)
It is working with banks on a debt-for-equity swap.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The plan is to trade up, swapping the present major shareholder for a richer one.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So would he really swap all of those for one winner's medal?
The Sun (2012)
Really excited to swap my surfboard for a brolly and join the nation's favourite show.
The Sun (2015)
We wouldn't swap them for something which in the shops would cost the same.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A partial debt-for-equity swap could be one option.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If that fails, we could always swap DVDs.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But he would gladly swap it for a place in the Heineken Cup final.
The Sun (2008)
Using fancy technology, the two foes swap faces, at which point the stars swap roles.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I would gladly swap my 147 for a place in the semi-finals.
The Sun (2009)
It's only talking dirty and swapping pics to give me a buzz but really I want to find that lost spark with my boyfriend.
The Sun (2015)
In other languages
swap
British English: swap /swɒp/ VERB
If you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange.
Next week they will swap places.
He read his comic and I read mine. Then we swapped.
American English: swap
Arabic: يَتَبَادَلُ
Brazilian Portuguese: trocar
Chinese: 交换
Croatian: zamijeniti
Czech: vyměnit si mezi sebou
Danish: bytte udveksle
Dutch: ruilen
European Spanish: intercambiar
Finnish: vaihtaa jokin johonkin
French: échanger
German: austauschen
Greek: ανταλλάσσω
Italian: scambiare
Japanese: 交換する
Korean: 바꾸다
Norwegian: bytte
Polish: zamienić
European Portuguese: trocar
Romanian: a face schimb de
Russian: обменивать
Latin American Spanish: intercambiar
Swedish: byta
Thai: แลกเปลี่ยน
Turkish: değiş tokuş etmek
Ukrainian: обмінювати(ся)
Vietnamese: trao đổi
All related terms of 'swap'
debt swap
A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
swap meet
a gathering of persons for the purpose of selling, buying, or bartering collectibles, used items, etc.
swap shop
a place or occasion at which articles no longer wanted may be exchanged for other articles
credit swap
A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults , in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
swap option
to trade or exchange (something or someone) for another
swap trading
a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
interest rate swap
An interest rate swap is a contract where two parties exchange the cash flow from interest rates.
credit default swap
a contract in which the parties exchange the exposure to loss should a creditor fail to make a payment when it comes due back
swapped
to trade or exchange (something or someone) for another