"money changer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: money changers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} money changer (plural money changers)
  1. A person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage. Categories (topical): Money, Occupations, People Synonyms: money-changer, moneychanger Hyponyms: saraf (english: early modern Middle East & India) [person], shroff (english: early modern India & SE Asia) [person] Translations (person who will exchange currency): ἀργυραμοιβός (arguramoibós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), κολλυβιστής (kollubistḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf) [masculine] (Arabic), صراف (ṣarrāf) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), լումայափոխ (lumayapʻox) (Armenian), դրամափոխ (dramapʻox) (Armenian), sərraf (Azerbaijani), canvista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), geldwisselaar [masculine] (Dutch), wisselaar [masculine] (Dutch), rahanvaihtaja (Finnish), Geldwechsler [masculine] (German), Geldwechslerin [feminine] (German), 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌾𐌰 (skattja) [masculine] (Gothic), αργυραμοιβός (argyramoivós) [masculine] (Greek), σαράφης (saráfis) [masculine] (Greek), सराफ़ (sarāf) [masculine] (Hindi), penukar uang (Indonesian), malartóir airgid [masculine] (Irish), scambista [masculine] (Italian), cambiavalute [feminine, masculine] (Italian), סאראף [Hebrew, masculine] (Ladino), saraf [Latin, masculine] (Ladino), nummulārius [masculine] (Latin), argentārius [masculine] (Latin), pengurup wang (Malay), maylartagh argid [masculine] (Manx), caghlaader argid [masculine] (Manx), monymaker (Middle English), chaungere (Middle English), пѣнѧжьникъ (pěnęžĭnikŭ) [masculine] (Old Church Slavonic), тръжьникъ (trŭžĭnikŭ) [masculine] (Old Church Slavonic), صراف (sarrâf) (Persian), cambista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), cambist [masculine] (Romanian), cambistă [feminine] (Romanian), zaraf [dated, masculine] (Romanian), меня́ла (menjála) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), malairtiche-airgid [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), neach-malairt [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), neach-malairt airgid [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cambista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), คนแลกเงิน (kon lâek ngern) (Thai), sarrof (Uzbek)
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  2. A portable device for dispensing change. Translations (device for dispensing change): wisselautomaat [masculine] (Dutch), raharenki (Finnish), kolikkorenki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-money_changer-en-noun-1LOd~5s7 Disambiguation of 'device for dispensing change': 0 100

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      "roman": "lumayapʻox",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dramapʻox",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "դրամափոխ"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "sərraf"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "canvista"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
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      "word": "geldwisselaar"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wisselaar"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "rahanvaihtaja"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Geldwechsler"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Geldwechslerin"
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌾𐌰"
    },
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αργυραμοιβός"
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
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      "word": "σαράφης"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "penukar uang"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "malartóir airgid"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "scambista"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "סאראף"
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      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nummulārius"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "argentārius"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "pengurup wang"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "maylartagh argid"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caghlaader argid"
    },
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "monymaker"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "chaungere"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "pěnęžĭnikŭ",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пѣнѧжьникъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "trŭžĭnikŭ",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "тръжьникъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sarrâf",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "صراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cambista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cambist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cambistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "menjála",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меня́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malairtiche-airgid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neach-malairt"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neach-malairt airgid"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cambista"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kon lâek ngern",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "คนแลกเงิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person who will exchange currency",
      "word": "sarrof"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device for dispensing change",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wisselautomaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device for dispensing change",
      "word": "raharenki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device for dispensing change",
      "word": "kolikkorenki"
    }
  ],
  "word": "money changer"
}

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