English Explanatory Dictionary

swap line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A procedure whereby a central bank (usually the United States Federal Reserve) trades money with a foreign bank in one currency in exchange for an equivalent amount of money in the foreign bank's domestic currency, for the purpose of alleviating a currency shortage.

Word forms

swap line swap lines

Etymology

swap + line (“of credit”)

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