swap for

swap for (someone or something)

1. To exchange or trade (something) for some period of time. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swap" and "for" to specify what is being traded or exchanged. A: "I really like the colored pencils you're using." B: "And I really like your markers. Let's swap for a while!" If you feel like you have an unequal relationship with your romantic partner, try swapping roles and responsibilities for a little while to gain some perspective from their point of view.
2. To exchange or trade someone or something for someone or something else. A noun or pronoun is used between "swap" and "for." Want to swap your cupcake for my chocolate bar? He fantasized about swapping his mediocre life for that of his wealthy, successful neighbor. I can't believe the team swapped their star quarterback for some rookie no one's ever heard of.
3. To initiate or solicit an exchange or trade with someone for something they possess. A noun or pronoun is used between "swap" and "for." Tommy always wants to swap me for the yummy treats my mom packs in my lunch. I would gladly swap you for your family—they're so normal compared to mine!
See also: swap
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

swap someone or something for (someone or something else)

to trade someone or something for someone or something else. I will swap my shortstop for your second baseman. There are times when I would gladly swap you for a new car—even an old car!
See also: swap
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • buy (yourself) time
  • buy time
  • angle
  • angling
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
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Thus, the net amount the dealer receives on the swap for the first period is the three-month Libor rate earned minus the initial margin funding costs and the Treasury financing cost.
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Participants come to the swap for a variety of reasons.
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As the circuit can implement SWAP for arbitrary input states, the inverted circuit can also implement the same operation.
Various constructions of qudit SWAP gate
The IRS notes, however, that the nontax rules on when a contract must be reported as a swap for this purpose have not been issued in final form, and so it might be necessary to revisit this issue later.
IRS proposes rules on Sec. 1256 and notional principal contracts
You''re given your swaps one at a time, and you try each swap for a week.
TELL HOW IT WENT: Once you''ve tried your swap for a week, it''s time to share how it went.
Swap for longer life
The swap for counterparty A has converted a variable price issue to a fixed price.
Chapter 7 Swaps
"As the pioneer of ATA RAID and the first company to deliver a hot swap enclosure for ATA RAID environments, Promise has recognized the necessity of reliable SATA drive hot swap for server applications," said Sam Sirisena, vice president of sales and marketing worldwide, Promise Technology, Inc.
Promise introduces Serial ATA drive hot-swap enclosure for desktop and small server systems
He structured such deals as a $300 million floating-to-fixed interest rate swap for a District of Columbia General Obligation refunding bond issue, a complicated transaction involving the refunding of more than 200 separate loan obligations; and a $148 million floating-to-fixed rate swap for the City of Philadelphia, the first done by a major city government, in 1990.
Rocket Scientists With Attitude
(2) To estimate the income effect of the swap for subsequent years, we computed the ratio of annual after-tax interest expense on debt swapped to annual income in the year of the swap for firms in our sample with sufficient data from Wall Street Journal (WSJ) articles describing the swap transactions.
Evidence on auditor and investor materiality thresholds resulting from equity-for-debt swaps
If the manager believes that interest rates are going to rise significantly, he may want to swap for floating debt investments.
New risks revealed
(i) Enter into a plain vanilla swap for T + N periods with Firm A paying, and Firm B receiving, the fixed rate of [F.sub.-T, N+T];
Default risk and innovations in the design of interest rate swaps
Caps are usually sold against the same indices as the floating-rate side of a swap for hedge periods under five years, but cap premiums tend to be prohibitively expensive for longer maturities.
An interest-rate game plan
SWAP FOR: Watercress has loads more iron, calcium and vitamin C.
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