moneychanger

moneychanger
/mun"ee chayn'jeuhr/, n.
1. a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
2. a portable device consisting of conjoined vertical tubes for holding coins of different sizes and a mechanism for dispensing change, usually having a clip for attachment to a belt.
Also, money changer, money-changer.
[1350-1400; ME; see MONEY, CHANGER]

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