swop

Noun (1)

swap (plural swaps)

1. An exchange of two comparable things.
   • I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy[…] a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body1819, Sir Walter Scott, Tales of My Landlord, The Bride of Lammermoor

   Synonyms:

   barter, quid pro quo, trade

2. A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
3. (informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
   • How much swap do you need?
4. (Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.

Noun (2)

swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A blow; a stroke.

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