(banking) A procedure whereby a central bank (usually the United States Federal Reserve) trades money with a foreign bank in one currency in exchange for an equivalent amount of money in the foreign bank's domestic currency, for the purpose alleviating a currency shortage.

plural of swap meet

plural of language swap

Synonym of change places

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hot-swap

simple past tense and past participle of hot-swap

(chiefly Philmont Scout Ranch) A box which is used for exchange of items; individuals put in items that they do not want to have, and other individuals who are in need of such items take them for themselves freely.

plural of swap box

(computing) Space on a hard disk used as auxiliary memory.

(computing) A disk partition designated as auxiliary memory, used primarily on Unix and Linux systems.