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To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

(obsolete) To hit, to strike.

(obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

(obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

An exchange of two comparable things.

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

Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.

(Cantab 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).

(dialect) A blow; a stroke.