swap

To give someone one thing and receive another thing from them in return.

• Let’s swap seats.
• I swapped books with my brother.
• Would you swap your sandwich for mine?

How to use it: swap something for something (I swapped my blue shirt for her red one.); swap something with someone (Can I swap seats with you?)

Similar words: exchange, trade

Common phrases: swap something, swap with someone, swap for something, swap goods

An exchange in which each person gives something and receives something else.

• That sounds like a fair swap.
• We organized a clothes swap at school.
• The swap gave each of us a different book.

How to use it: a swap of something (They arranged a swap of tickets.)

Similar words: exchange, trade

Common phrases: a fair swap, book swap, make a swap

Disk space a computer can use as extra memory when its main memory is full.

• The computer needs more swap.
• This system has four gigabytes of swap.
• Heavy use of swap can slow the machine down.

Similar words: swap space

Common phrases: swap space, swap file, available swap