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swaps

  • plural
    of swap.
    swap
    verb (used with object)
    to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another.
  • present tense form
    of swap (3rd person singular).
    swap
    verb (used with object)
    to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another.

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Those same picks would be far less valuable if they were at the end of the first round, which is where the Cowboys and Colts envisioned themselves when they made the swaps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The overnight index swaps market is pricing in about an 80% chance of a 25-basis-point rate hike in December to 1.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

That is why some parents say they are increasingly turning to costume swaps, second-hand outfits and homemade creations rather than buying new every year.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

They sent two first-round draft picks and two first-round pick swaps to pry Kessler, a restricted free agent, from Utah.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

By the end of 2006, according to the PerTrac Hedge Fund Database Study, there were 13,675 hedge funds reporting results, and thousands of other types of institutional investors allowed to invest in credit default swaps.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis