swop

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: barterswaptradeswitch

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an equal exchange“we had no money so we had to live by barter”Synonyms: barterswaptrade

Verb (1)

  1. exchange or give (something) in exchange forSynonyms: tradeswapswitch
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swapping.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. Swap a blow, Swap, v. i.] [Written also swop.]

1.To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Swap off his head!" --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth. [1913 Webster]

Swop \Swop\, v. & n. Same as Swap. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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