Hypernym

noun

contracts that are traded (and privately negotiated) directly between two parties, without going through an exchange or other intermediary.

swap 2

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English

Definition

a derivative in which two counterparties exchange cash flows of one party's financial instrument for those of the other party's financial instrument.

Examples

1.The swap agreement defines the dates when the cash flows are to be paid and the way they are accrued and calculated.

Hyponym

currency swap 1

noun

a foreign-exchange agreement between two institutions to exchange aspects (namely the principal and/or interest payments) of a loan in one currency for equivalent aspects of an equal in net present value loan in another currency.

interest rate swap 1

noun

a popular and highly liquid financial derivative instrument in which two parties agree to exchange interest rate cash flows, based on a specified notional amount from a fixed rate to a floating rate (or vice versa) or from one floating rate to another.

cross currency swap 1

noun

an agreement between two parties to exchange interest payments and principals denominated in two different currencies.

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