swap
noun/swɒp/
/swɑːp/
(also swop)
- [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
- …
- do
- make
- deal
- swap between
- swap with
- a thing or person that has been exchanged for another
- Most of my football stickers are swaps.
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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