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swop

(swŏp)

v. & n.

Chiefly British Variant of swap.

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swop

(swɒp)

n, vb, swops, swopping or swopped

a variant spelling of swap

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swap

(swɒp)

v. swapped, swap•ping,
n. v.t.

1. to trade or barter, as one thing for another.

v.i.

2. to make an exchange.

3. an exchange: He got the radio in a swap.

[1300–50; Middle English swappen to strike, strike hands (in bargaining)]

swap′per, n.

swop

Past participle: swopped
Gerund: swopping

Imperative
swop
swop

Present
I swop
you swop
he/she/it swops
we swop
you swop
they swop

Preterite
I swopped
you swopped
he/she/it swopped
we swopped
you swopped
they swopped

Present Continuous
I am swopping
you are swopping
he/she/it is swopping
we are swopping
you are swopping
they are swopping

Present Perfect
I have swopped
you have swopped
he/she/it has swopped
we have swopped
you have swopped
they have swopped

Past Continuous
I was swopping
you were swopping
he/she/it was swopping
we were swopping
you were swopping
they were swopping

Past Perfect
I had swopped
you had swopped
he/she/it had swopped
we had swopped
you had swopped
they had swopped

Future
I will swop
you will swop
he/she/it will swop
we will swop
you will swop
they will swop

Future Perfect
I will have swopped
you will have swopped
he/she/it will have swopped
we will have swopped
you will have swopped
they will have swopped

Future Continuous
I will be swopping
you will be swopping
he/she/it will be swopping
we will be swopping
you will be swopping
they will be swopping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been swopping
you have been swopping
he/she/it has been swopping
we have been swopping
you have been swopping
they have been swopping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been swopping
you will have been swopping
he/she/it will have been swopping
we will have been swopping
you will have been swopping
they will have been swopping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been swopping
you had been swopping
he/she/it had been swopping
we had been swopping
you had been swopping
they had been swopping

Conditional
I would swop
you would swop
he/she/it would swop
we would swop
you would swop
they would swop

Past Conditional
I would have swopped
you would have swopped
he/she/it would have swopped
we would have swopped
you would have swopped
they would have swopped

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Noun	1.	swop - an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" barter, swap, trade interchange, exchange - reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" horse trade, horse trading - the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining)
Verb	1.	swop - exchange or give (something) in exchange for swap, switch, trade exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

swop

see swap

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

swap

also swop
verb

Informal. To give up in return for something else:

change, commute, exchange, interchange, shift, substitute, switch, trade.

noun

Informal. The act of exchanging or substituting:

change, commutation, exchange, interchange, shift, substitution, switch, trade, transposition.

Translations

výměnavyměnit si

bytte

canje intercambiar intercambio trueque

échange échanger

cserebere

skipta á, hafa skipti áskipti

apsikeisti

maiņasamainītsamainīties

ombytte skiftes om å

değiş tokuşdeğiş tokuş etmek

swop,

swap

(swop) – past tense, past participle swopped, ~swapped – verb

to exchange one thing for another. He swopped his ball with another boy for a pistol; They swopped books with each other.

noun

an exchange. a fair swop.

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'I wouldn't swop places with any woman down in the States.

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SWOP started raising money to restore the homes and create a market for them.

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"There are some great players in the Premier League; Sergio Aguero and Wayne Rooney have made great starts to the season but I can honestly say I would not swop Suarez for anyone.

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"The new Forests Act, which we are yet to finalise, will put forth a mechanism and we will look for a way that whoever carried out a swop should pay the real worth if they want to change the designation of the land," Naidenov was quoted as saying.

Land of trouble: Bulgaria to argue that land swops were crimes, not state aid

"Luca Cumani's Swop is another one trendy with punters as the rain holds off at Town Moor and these two look likely to go off first and second favourites."

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Started earlier this year, Magpie Swop is working with other ethical and eco focused organisations from the fashion world on the event to raise funds for the campaign to save Seaton Delaval Hall.

Swapping fashion for funds

"Swop ran a great race too - I don't like having two fancied horses in the same race and I was sad to see him beaten.

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The winner boosted the form by going in again next time and the experience gained in that close finish is sure to stand Swop in good stead now he switches to turf.

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West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust has teamed up with Middlesbrough Council to invite residents to take spare or unwanted flowers and swop them for the plants they need for their gardens.

Swop plants

As for feminist objections about the exploitation of women, sponsor Robyn Few of the San Francisco-based Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) says: "I've heard all the arguments, and I've made several myself.