money changer

Swaps foreign bills

A money changer is a person or business that exchanges one currency for another, typically for a fee or at a profitable rate.

Money changers operate at airports, border crossings, and tourist areas: I found a money changer near the train station.

The term also refers to the biblical merchants Jesus expelled from the temple.

service

bureau

Office or furniture chest

  • kioskStandalone public booth
  • boothTemporary enclosed compartment
  • counterFlat service surface

window · teller · cashier · commission · fees · spread · rate · quote · transaction · buy

informal

street

Public urban roadway

  • hawkerRoving vocal merchant
  • vendorOne who sells goods
  • stallEnclosed compartment or delay

merchant · trader · black market · unofficial · cash · haggle · bargain · middleman · tout · curbside

currency

banknotes

Paper currency notes

bills · dollar · euro · yen · rupee · peso · pound · sterling · franc · dinar

travel

airport

Aviation passenger facility

customs · visa · arrival · departure · border · hotel lobby · train station · guidebook · souk · bazaar

Categories
Opposites
economic role in transactions

money changercustomer

Buyer of goods

merchant · buyer · seller · producer · consumer

relationship to money/wealth

money changerphilanthropist

Donor to charitable causes

almsgiver · benefactor · temple priest · donor · ascetic

institutional vs. informal exchange

money changercentral bank

National currency management institution

bank teller · central banker · commercial bank · treasury department · federal reserve

Family

money, changer, moneys, monies, moneyed, change, changes, changed, changing

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Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G