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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swop /swɑp/USA pronunciation v., swopped, swop•ping, n. - swap.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swop (swop),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., swopped, swop•ping, n. - swap.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swop /swɒp/ n , vb (swops, swopping, swopped)- a variant spelling of swap
swap /swɑp/USA pronunciation v., swapped, swap•ping, n. v. - to trade or barter;
make an exchange: [~ + object]They sat on the bench, swapping lies about the good old days.[~ + object + for + object]I'll swap my orange for your apple.[no object]You like my cookies and I like yours; let's swap.
n. [countable] - an exchange:He got the radio in a swap.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swap (swop),USA pronunciation v., swapped, swap•ping, n.
v.t. - to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another:He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
v.i. - to make an exchange.
n. - an exchange:He got the radio in a swap.
Also, swop. - 1300–50; Middle English swappen to strike, strike hands (in bargaining); cognate with dialect, dialectal German schwappen to box (the ears)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swap, swop /swɒp/ vb (swaps, swapping, swapped, swops, swopping, swopped)- to trade or exchange (something or someone) for another
n - an exchange
- something that is exchanged
Also called: swap option, swaption 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)
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: to shake hands on a bargain, strike): probably of imitative originˈswapper, ˈswopper n |