Financial Definition of Swap
Meaning of Swap
An arrangement whereby two companies lend to each other on different terms, e.g. in different currencies, and/or at different interest rates, fixed or floating.
International Trade Meaning and Definition of Swap
An agreement to exchange two liabilities (or assets) and, after a prearranged length of time, to reexchange the liabilities (or assets).
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Swap Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Swap in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Financial contract in which two parties agree to exchange net streams of payments over a specified period. The payments are usually determined by applying different indices (e.g., interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equityindices) to a NOTIONAL amount. The term notional is used because swap contracts generally do not involve exchanges of PRINCIPAL.
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