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Definition of swap noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

swap

noun
 
/swɒp/
 
/swɑːp/
(also swop)
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  1. [usually singular] an act of exchanging one thing or person for another
    • Let's do a swap. You work Friday night and I'll do Saturday.
    • How about a straight swap—your guitar for my bike?
    Extra Examples
    • Why not arrange a job swap with someone in another city or state?
    • The football managers agreed on swap deals involving their star players.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • house
    • job
    • land
    verb + swap
    • do
    • make
    swap + noun
    • deal
    preposition
    • swap between
    • swap with
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  2. a thing or person that has been exchanged for another
    • Most of my football stickers are swaps.
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘throw forcibly’): probably imitative of a resounding blow. Current senses have arisen from an early use meaning ‘strike hands as a token of agreement’.
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