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swap

  [swop] ,verb, swapped, swap⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make an exchange.
–noun
3. an exchange: He got the radio in a swap.
Also, swop.

Origin:
1300–50; ME swappen to strike, strike hands (in bargaining); c. dial. G schwappen to box (the ears)

Related forms:
swapper, noun
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swap   (swŏp)   
v.   swapped, swap·ping, swaps

v.   intr.
To trade one thing for another.
v.   tr.
To exchange (one thing) for another.
n.  
  1. An exchange of one thing for another.
  2. A contract in which two parties agree to exchange periodic interest payments, especially when one payment is at a fixed rate and the other varies according to the performance of a reference rate, such as the prime rate.

[Middle English swappen, to strike, strike the hands together in closing a bargain.]
swap'per n.
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