money changer

noun

Definition of money changer

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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Here, the big banks and sleek business suits of central Hong Kong give way to hawkers and money changers, food stalls and cell-like hostels. Los Angeles Times, "As China pushes in, Hong Kong’s first ethnic minority social worker wants a future for everyone," 23 Aug. 2019 Disparte noted, in particular, that many low-income people already use WhatsApp to photograph receipts as part of a process to collect remittances from local money changers. Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Term Sheet -- Tuesday, June 18," 18 June 2019 One answer is that Caiaphas wanted to preempt any more violent demonstrations like Jesus’ attack on the money changers, which would undoubtedly have provoked Roman forces. National Geographic, "Meet the high priest behind Jesus's rushed and rigged trial," 19 Apr. 2019 Novanto organized key meetings for project finance and budget approval and was involved in transferring money abroad and using unregistered money changers to avoid taxes and law enforcement scrutiny, the court said. Washington Post, "Corrupt Indonesia politician sentenced to 15 years in prison," 24 Apr. 2018 These days money changers are offering in the range of .93 to .95 CUCs for a dollar. Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, "Cuba desperately needs to reform currency system, but timing couldn’t be worse | Miami Herald," 4 Apr. 2018 Disparte noted, in particular, that many low-income people already use WhatsApp to photograph receipts as part of a process to collect remittances from local money changers. Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Term Sheet -- Tuesday, June 18," 18 June 2019 One answer is that Caiaphas wanted to preempt any more violent demonstrations like Jesus’ attack on the money changers, which would undoubtedly have provoked Roman forces. National Geographic, "Meet the high priest behind Jesus's rushed and rigged trial," 19 Apr. 2019 The reasons for mobile money’s success in Somaliland are on full display on Hargeisa’s busy, bumpy streets, where rows of money changers lounge in front of 3-foot-tall towers of cash, some held together by nets, others in sacks. Matina Stevis-gridneff, WSJ, "An Isolated Country Runs on Mobile Money," 8 July 2018

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First Known Use of money changer

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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