Swap

Noun

 * 1) An roughly equal exchange of two comparable things.
 * 2) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.

Verb

 * 1) To exchange or give something in exchange for something else.
 * 2)  To strike, hit.

Thesaurus
substitute, swap horses, swapping, switch, take in exchange, tap, thwack, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trade-in, trading, traffic, transpose, truck, whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop, alternate, backscratching, bandy, bang, bargain, barter, bash, be quits with, belt, biff, blind bargain, bump, burst, bust, buy and sell, change, clap, clash, commute, compensate, cooperate, counterchange, crack, crash, crump, deal, dicker, do business, even trade, exchange, flap, flop, get back at, get even with, give and take, give in exchange, hard bargain, horse trade, horse-trade, interchange, knock, logroll, logrolling, pay back, permute, pork barrel, pound, rap, reciprocate, report, requite, respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment, slam, slap, slat, smack, sock, splat,

Alternative forms

 * swop

Etymology
Uncertain, probably from imitative origin.

Derived terms

 * credit default swap
 * swap meet
 * total return swap
 * swapsies
 * swap in, swap out

Synonyms

 * barter
 * trade
 * quid pro quo
 * exchange, trade, switch

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * Latvian: maiņa


 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: vaihtaa, tehdä vaihtokauppa


 * French:
 * Latvian: mainīt

Anagrams

 * paws
 * wasp
 * WSPA

Noun

 * 1)   (financial derivative)

Synonyms

 * vaihtosopimus

Derived terms

 * verbs: swapata