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mon·ey·chang·er

(mŭn′ē-chān′jər)
n.
1. One that exchanges money, as from one currency to another.
2. A machine that holds and dispenses coins.
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moneychanger

(ˈmʌnɪˌtʃeɪndʒə)
n
1. (Banking & Finance) a person engaged in the business of exchanging currencies or money
2. (Banking & Finance) chiefly US a machine for dispensing coins
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moneychanger

[ˈmʌnɪˌtʃeɪndʒəʳ] Ncambista mf
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He had a very distinct and intense vision of his chief good, the vigorous greed which he had inherited having taken a special form by dint of circumstance: and his chief good was to be a moneychanger. From his earliest employment as an errand-boy in a seaport, he had looked through the windows of the moneychangers as other boys look through the windows of the pastry-cooks; the fascination had wrought itself gradually into a deep special passion; he meant, when he had property, to do many things, one of them being to marry a genteel young person; but these were all accidents and joys that imagination could dispense with.
LAHORE -- The Federal Investigation Agency yesterday raided offices of different moneychangers in Lahore, arrested two traders, and seized foreign currency worth Rs 40million.
HARIPUR: The police have failed to trace the people, who deprived two moneychangers of Rs4.2 million cash at gunpoint on the Hazara Motorway on Wednesday afternoon.
According to Kabul-based moneychangers, the value of American dollar increased from 71 afghanis to 72.50 afghanis during the past week.
"Banks and moneychangers take fees on remittances, and the government should be the one to take them, especially that the figures that we see make us keener on the money and on the interests of the state," he said, quoted by Kuwaiti daily Al Jarida on Monday.
He added: "Moneychangers are dealing carefully with floating currencies and the decisions on whether to sell or not.
He caused a huge stir by preaching peace and tolerance - his intervention in the case of the woman accused of adultery and about to be stoned to death being an example - and attacking the moneychangers in the temple.
"It is unclear why I am sacked." Hundreds of local traders, moneychangers and people from other walks of life in Farah City urged the NDS to reinstate Shams on his job as he was a competent officer.
The Board reviewed a study on the current status of activities of moneychangers operating in the UAE, and instructed completion of some missing elements and submission of detailed report to the Board to take necessary actions to improve and update moneychangers' activity in line with international developments in the this area.
Or was this what Jesus cleansed when he drove the moneychangers away?
He tangled publicly with lawyers about taxes and Caesar and overturned the tables of the moneychangers. They looked for a way to arrest him.
Summary: Association of Lebanese Moneychangers called on Central Bank to annul a decision that more than doubled requisite capital needed for licensing currency exchange businesses.

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