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EQUITY PUT SWAP Definition & Legal Meaning

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An OVERTHECOUNTER SWAP involving the exchange of a floating INTEREST RATE for potential gains from the depreciation of an EQUITY reference index (which may take the form of a single COMMON STOCK, a BASKET, or a broad market index). See also EQUITY CALL SWAP, EQUITY DERIVATIVE, EQUITY INDEX SWAP.

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