EGAVE

swap

About 1.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
  2. verb To hit, to strike.
  3. verb To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  4. verb To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
  5. noun An exchange of two comparable things.
  6. noun A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
  7. noun Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
    How much swap do you need?
  8. noun 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.

Similar words

barter quid pro quo trade swop switch exchange bartering substitute trade-in trading

Often followed by

the is file space with and market agreement rate

Word family

swapped swapper swappers swapping swaps

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