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money changer

money changer noun: a person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.

money changer: a person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage
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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
    • the money changers in the temple
  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

money changer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

money changer in Hindi

person who will exchange currency
सराफ़ sarāf

money changer in Tamil

person who will exchange currency
காசுக்காரன் kācukkāraṉ

money changer in Marathi

money changer, moneylender, jeweller
सराफ sarāph

money changer in Urdu

person who will exchange currency
صَرّاف sarrāf
More languagesFewer languages
money changer in Arabic
صَرَّاف ṣarrāf
money changer in Malay
pengurup wang
money changer in Indonesian
penukar uang
money changer in Thai
คนแลกเงิน kon-lɛ̂ɛk-ngən

Examples of money changer in a sentence

  • The money changer gave me rupees for my dollars.
  • And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. (KJV) Jesus became very indignant about the carelessness of the money changers in the Temple.2006, Edward Buchanan, “Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple by El Greco”, in Parent/Teacher Handbook: Teaching Older Children...

Synonyms of money changer

Forms of money changer

pluralmoney changers
alternative formmoney-changer
alternative formmoneychanger

Questions about money changer

What does money changer mean?
Money changer means a person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.
What is money changer in Hindi?
Money changer in Hindi is सराफ़ (sarāf). See Money changer meaning in Hindi.
How do you use money changer in a sentence?
The money changer gave me rupees for my dollars.
What part of speech is money changer?
Money changer is a noun.
What is the plural of money changer?
The plural of money changer is money changers.

Words near money changer in the dictionary

  1. money boxes
  2. money broker
  3. money brokers
  4. money can't buy happiness
  5. money cannot buy happiness
  6. money changer
  7. money changers
  8. money changing
  9. money chest
  10. money chests
  11. money clip

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: money changer (page history and authors); सराफ (Marathi) (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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