moneychanger
/muhn-ee-cheyn-jer/US // ˈmʌn iˌtʃeɪn dʒər //UK // (ˈmʌnɪˌtʃeɪndʒə) //
货币兑换商,货币兑换者,钱庄,兑换商
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- : 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.
Examples
Efficiently exchanging them for other currencies implies a physical nexus somewhere: a moneychanger, a central exchange.
There is nothing grudging in his munificence; he does not weigh his gifts like a moneychanger, or number them like a cashier.
One day a Mongol presented himself at the counter of a Chinese moneychanger, with a youen-pao carefully packed and sealed.
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