I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy[…] a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body

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Sense（2）

(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.

Sense（3）

(computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.

How much swap do you need?

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Sense（4）

(Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.

swaps

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