MONEYCHANGER


Meaning of MONEYCHANGER in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .