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money-changer

money-changer is the alternative spelling of money changer.

Meaning of money changer

Noun

money changer (plural money changers)

  1. A person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.
    • Near-synonyms: bureau de change, currency exchange
  2. A portable device for dispensing change.
    • 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.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 34, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 224

Forms of money-changer

pluralmoney-changers

Questions about money-changer

What is money-changer the alternative spelling of?
Money-changer is the alternative spelling of money changer.

Words near money-changer in the dictionary

  1. money trees
  2. money won is twice as sweet as money earned
  3. money's worth
  4. money-box
  5. money-boxes
  6. money-changer
  7. money-changers
  8. money-grabbing
  9. money-grubber
  10. money-grubbers
  11. money-grubbing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: money-changer (page history and authors); money changer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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