Meaning

2 senses
  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

    Geldwechsler, Geldwechslerin

    меня́лаmenjála

    one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country

  2. A portable device for dispensing change.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Jesus drove the money-changers out of the temple.

    ruИисус изгнал менял из храма. — Balamax

  2. Jesus drove the merchants and money-changers out of the temple.

  3. He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.

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  4. Money changers aren't money lenders.

  5. The money-changers were driven out of the temple by Jesus.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who will exchange currency:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who will exchange currency:

Forms

plural: money changers

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country:exchanger

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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