make change
Convert currency denominations
Make change is to give someone smaller currency units in exchange for larger ones, or to return the difference when payment exceeds a purchase price.
A cashier makes change when you pay with a twenty for a twelve-dollar item: Can you make change for a fifty?
She made change and handed back three ones and some coins.
- coinsMetal money units
- innovateIntroduce novel methods
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- shake things upCause dramatic disruption
- tip jarContainer for gratuities
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