OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 74

swap

/sʋap/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cambalache • canje • permuta • permutación • trueque
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…
permuta • permuta financiera • swap
A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 73

swap

/sʋap/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cambalachear • canjear • intercambiar • permutar • reemplazar • substituir • trocar
To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
Chief watched these goings-on without pleasure, and waved them off in disgust when the smarmiest of the two suggested he might wish to swap that elk's tooth for this jug of fine ry…
In an effort to provide more permanent accommodations, employers may offer employees the opportunity either to swap jobs with a colleague or to transfer to a new position.