The process of changing the interest rate on the leg of a currency swap being paid by the end user away from the dealer’s quoted rate upon the request of the end user to receive interest cash flow from the dealer at a rate different from the dealer’s quoted rate.

Generally speaking, basis point adjustment reflects the number of basis points that are added to, or subtracted from, a certain spread (usually on a floating leg of a transaction or agreement) to account for multiple factors including risk premium, liquidity premium/ discount, term and term structure, etc.