Swap vs Exchangeable - What's the difference?
swap | exchangeable |
An exchange of two comparable things.
(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
(computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
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(label) To strike, hit.
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*:And soo sir launcelot rode on the one syde and she on the other / he had not ryden but a whyle / but the knyghte badde sir Launcelot torne hym and loke behynde hym // and there wyth was the knyghte and the lady on one syde / & sodenly he swapped of his ladyes hede
(label) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
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*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.
(label) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
Able to be exchanged.
(finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
In finance terms the difference between swap and exchangeable
is that swap is a financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream while exchangeable is having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.As a noun swap
is an exchange of two comparable things.As a verb swap
is to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).As an adjective exchangeable is
able to be exchanged.swap
English
(wikipedia swap)Alternative forms
* swopNoun
(en noun)- (Sir Walter Scott)
- How much swap do you need?
