money changer

noun

1
: one whose business is the exchanging of kinds or denominations of currency
2
: a device for holding and dispensing sorted change

Examples of money changer in a Sentence

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Federici led me into the empty Nobile Collegio del Cambio, a suite of street-level rooms in a medieval palazzo used by the guild of money changers in the 15th century. Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024 But sometimes Christ goes into the temple and turns over the tables of the money changers. Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024 People stand outside a money changer looking at the rates of the Japanese yen against foreign currencies, along a street in central Tokyo on April 29, 2024. Matt Clinch, CNBC, 11 July 2024 Talked about driving the money changers out of the temple, talked about economic royalists, for example. Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016 But the deregulation of the banking sector in the 1980s ushered the money changers back into the temple by removing strict usury limits. Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023 Juan, a money changer who delivers wads of cash on his motorbike, said three of his regular customers are police officers. New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022 The pound was trading at more 4,000 per dollar on the parallel market last week, with some money changers pricing it near 4,500. Youssef Diab, Bloomberg.com, 15 May 2020 The neighborhood resembles one near a bus depot or a port; the seminary was the center of the economy, and all around it stand money changers, guesthouses, travel agencies, and gift shops, catering to Muslim missionaries. Jeffrey Gettleman and, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of money changer was in the 15th century

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“Money changer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20changer. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

money changer

noun
: one whose business is the exchanging of one kind of money for the amount of other kinds of money that is equal in value
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