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English Dictionary: swop by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swop
n
  1. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
    Synonym(s): barter, swap, swop, trade
v
  1. exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade, swap, swop, switch]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Swapping}.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a
      bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. {Swap} a blow, {Swap},
      v. i.] [Written also {swop}.]
      1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]Swap off
            his head![b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to
            swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swop \Swop\, v. & n.
      Same as {Swap}. --Dryden.
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