swap
verb (used with object)
to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another.
swaps
Example Sentences
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ETFs in this category typically replicate an autocallable-like payoff using swaps, rather than holding the notes directly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was an airline dispatcher a few decades ago and says aircraft swaps, due to canceled or delayed flights, maintenance or other issues, were simpler then because planes weren’t as full and so subdivided.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The "Fed meeting sees the swaps market implying a 92% probability of a hike, with 50 basis points of cumulative tightening assumed by year-end", said Chris Weston at Pepperstone.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
A former X Factor contestant and boy band member says his return to horse racing feels like a full-circle moment as he swaps the stage for the racecourse.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Inside of three years, credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds would become a trillion-dollar market and precipitate hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of losses inside big Wall Street firms.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
