Money changers in Somaliland. A money changer (device). Alternative forms
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money changer plural money changers
A person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.
The money changer gave me rupees for my dollars.
1611 The Holy Bible, [ … ] King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] →OCLC Matthew 21:12 :And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers , and the seats of them that sold doves, [ …]
A portable device for dispensing change .
1969 Maya Angelou , chapter 34, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings [1] 1971 , page 224 :Women had replaced men on the streetcars as conductors and motormen, and the thought of sailing up and down the hills of San Francisco in a dark-blue uniform, with a money changer at my belt, caught my fancy.
Hyponyms
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( person ) : saraf ( early modern Middle East & India ) , shroff ( early modern India & SE Asia ) Translations
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person who will exchange currency
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: صَرَّاف m ( ṣarrāf )
Egyptian Arabic: صراف m ( ṣarrāf )
Armenian: լումայափոխ (hy) ( lumayapʻox ) , դրամափոխ (hy) ( dramapʻox )
Azerbaijani: sərraf
Catalan: canvista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: geldwisselaar (nl) m wisselaar (nl) m
Finnish: rahanvaihtaja
German: Geldwechsler (de) m Geldwechslerin f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌾𐌰 m ( skattja )
Greek: αργυραμοιβός (el) m ( argyramoivós ) , σαράφης (el) m ( saráfis )
Ancient: ἀργυραμοιβός m ( arguramoibós ) , κολλυβιστής m ( kollubistḗs )
Hindi: सराफ़ m ( sarāf )
Indonesian: penukar uang
Irish: malartóir airgid m
Italian: scambista (it) m
Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
Ladino:
Hebrew: סאראף m
Latin: saraf m
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: nummulārius m argentārius m
Malay: pengurup wang
Manx: maylartagh argid m caghlaader argid m
Middle English: monymaker
Old Church Slavonic: пѣнѧжьникъ m ( pěnęžĭnikŭ ) , тръжьникъ m ( trŭžĭnikŭ )
Persian: صراف (fa) ( sarrâf )
Portuguese: cambista (pt) m or f
Romanian: cambist m cambistă f zaraf (ro) m ( dated )
Russian: меня́ла (ru) m or f ( menjála )
Scottish Gaelic: malairtiche-airgid m neach-malairt m neach-malairt airgid m
Spanish: cambista (es) m or f
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: คนแลกเงิน ( kon lâek ngern )
Uzbek: sarrof (uz)
device for dispensing change
