swops

Trades back and forth

Swops is the British spelling of swaps—exchanges of one thing for another.

The verb swop means to trade: We swopped phone numbers.

A swop is also the thing exchanged or the act of exchanging: Let's do a swop.

American English strongly prefers swap.

trading

exchanges

Reciprocal transfers between parties

interchanges · substitutes · transfers · deals · bargains · negotiations · transactions · haggles · traffics · replaces

informal

switches

Circuit opening devices

  • changesAlterations or transitions
  • tradesMutual swaps or crafts
  • flipsQuick rotational motions

shuffles · rotates · substitutes · replaces · alternates · shifts · turns · exchanges · transposes · interchanges

Opposites
transaction type

swopspurchases

Goods obtained for money

buys · sells · acquisitions · procurements · sales

possession change

swopskeeps

Retains or strongholds

retains · hoards · withholds · clings to · stockpiles

direction of transfer

swopskeeps

Retains or strongholds

hoards · retains · donates · gives away · takes

Family

swop

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G