Phrase guide

money changer

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: bureau de change, currency exchange
  • the money changers in the temple
  • The money changer gave me rupees for my dollars.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bureau de change, currency exchange

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person

2

noun

Meaning 2

A portable device for dispensing change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exchanger

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: money handler, money dealer

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf) — person who will exchange currency
  • Arabic: صراف (ṣarrāf) — person who will exchange currency
  • Armenian: լումայափոխ (lumayapʻox) — person who will exchange currency
  • Armenian: դրամափոխ (dramapʻox) — person who will exchange currency
  • Azerbaijani: sərraf — person who will exchange currency
  • Catalan: canvista — person who will exchange currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貨幣兌換商 /货币兑换商 (huòbì duìhuàn shāng) — person who will exchange currency
  • Dutch: geldwisselaar — person who will exchange currency
  • Dutch: wisselaar — person who will exchange currency
  • Finnish: rahanvaihtaja — person who will exchange currency
  • French: cambiste — person who will exchange currency
  • German: Geldwechsler — person who will exchange currency
  • German: Geldwechslerin — person who will exchange currency
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌾𐌰 (skattja) — person who will exchange currency
  • Greek: αργυραμοιβός (argyramoivós) — person who will exchange currency
  • Greek: σαράφης (saráfis) — person who will exchange currency
  • Ancient Greek: ἀργυραμοιβός (arguramoibós) — person who will exchange currency
  • Ancient Greek: κολλυβιστής (kollubistḗs) — person who will exchange currency
  • Hindi: सराफ़ (sarāf) — person who will exchange currency
  • Indonesian: penukar uang — person who will exchange currency
  • Irish: malartóir airgid — person who will exchange currency
  • Italian: scambista — person who will exchange currency
  • Italian: cambiavalute — person who will exchange currency
  • Ladino: סאראף — person who will exchange currency
  • Ladino: saraf — person who will exchange currency
  • Latin: nummulārius — person who will exchange currency
  • Latin: argentārius — person who will exchange currency
  • Malay: pengurup wang — person who will exchange currency
  • Manx: maylartagh argid — person who will exchange currency
  • Manx: caghlaader argid — person who will exchange currency
  • Middle English: monymaker — person who will exchange currency
  • Middle English: chaungere — person who will exchange currency
  • Church Slavic: пѣнѧжьникъ (pěnęžĭnikŭ) — person who will exchange currency
  • Church Slavic: тръжьникъ (trŭžĭnikŭ) — person who will exchange currency
  • Iranian Persian: صَرَّاف (sarrâf) — person who will exchange currency
  • Polish: handlarz walutą — person who will exchange currency
  • Portuguese: cambista — person who will exchange currency
  • Romanian: cambist — person who will exchange currency
  • Romanian: cambistă — person who will exchange currency
  • Romanian: zaraf — person who will exchange currency
  • Russian: меня́ла (menjála) — person who will exchange currency
  • Scottish Gaelic: malairtiche-airgid — person who will exchange currency
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach-malairt — person who will exchange currency
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach-malairt airgid — person who will exchange currency
  • Spanish: cambista — person who will exchange currency
  • Tamil: காசுக்காரன் (kācukkāraṉ) — person who will exchange currency
  • Thai: คนแลกเงิน (kon-lɛ̂ɛk-ngən) — person who will exchange currency
  • Turkish: sarraf — person who will exchange currency
  • Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf) — person who will exchange currency
  • Uzbek: sarrof — person who will exchange currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 零錢兌換機 /零钱兑换机 (língqián duìhuànjī) — device for dispensing change
  • Dutch: wisselautomaat — device for dispensing change
  • Finnish: raharenki — device for dispensing change
  • Finnish: kolikkorenki — device for dispensing change