Direct
Trade in
Trade in verb - Turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase.
Both terms in one sentence
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Spike wishing he could trade in the Richards for the Camdens (an irony in light of Stephen Collins' sex crime allegations) Sara's fantasy is a direct lift from the opening to Friends.
Source: Series / Sunset Beach -
Call a Hit Point a "Smeerp": Experience Points are renamed "Crystal Points" (JAP) or "Crystogen Points" (NA), but otherwise function identically to similar systems in God of War and Devil May Cry — specifically, you trade in EXP for direct rewards.
Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy XIII
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