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swap

UK
/swɒp/
US
/swæp/
swap out

Translations

swapnoun
swaps
pl
UK
/swɒp/
US
/swæp/
swapFinance.
The company entered into a swap to hedge against interest rate fluctuations.
L’entreprise a conclu un swap pour se couvrir contre les fluctuations des taux d’intérêt.
The swap of books between the two friends was beneficial for both.
L’échange de livres entre les deux amis a été bénéfique pour les deux.
espace d’échangeInformatique.
When RAM was full, the system began writing pages to the swap.
Lorsque la RAM était pleine, le système a commencé à écrire des pages dans l’espace d’échange.
Additional translations
trocSurtout dans un contexte informel ou de marché.
Synonyms
exchange
trade
switch
interchange
replacement
swapverb
swapped
Past Simple
swapped
Past Participle
swapping
Gerund
UK
/swɒp/
US
/swɑp/
She swapped the old batteries for new ones in the remote control.
Elle a remplacé les anciennes piles par des neuves dans la télécommande.
They decided to swap their lunch items to try something different.
Ils ont décidé d’échanger leurs repas pour essayer quelque chose de différent.
Additional translations
troquerSurtout pour des biens ou des services.
Synonyms
replace
barter
convert
exchange
trade
switch
interchange
swapadjective
UK
/swɒp/
US
/swɑp/
Used attributively before another noun to denote involvement with exchange or memory paging, e.g. swap file, swap meet.
d’échangeInformatique.
The application created a swap file on the hard drive.
L’application a créé un fichier d’échange sur le disque dur.
Synonyms
reciprocal
mutual
exchanged
traded
bartered
interchanged
exchange

Definitions

swapnoun
An act of exchanging one thing for another.
The swap of books between the two friends was beneficial for both.
A financial agreement in which two parties exchange the cash flows or liabilities from two different financial instruments.
The company entered into a swap to hedge against interest rate fluctuations.
A place where people exchange items, often informally.
The community center hosted a swap where residents could trade clothes and household items.
In computing, a space on a storage device used to hold data that the operating system moves out of main memory temporarily.
When RAM was full, the system began writing pages to the swap.
swapverb
To exchange one thing for another.
They decided to swap their lunch items to try something different.
To trade or barter goods or services.
The farmers would often swap produce at the market.
To substitute or replace one thing with another.
She swapped the old batteries for new ones in the remote control.
swapadjective
Relating to or intended for exchanging items or transferring data between memory and storage.
The application created a swap file on the hard drive.
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