moneychanger
Swaps foreign bills
A moneychanger is a person or business that exchanges one currency for another, typically for a fee or at a marked-up rate.
The term evokes ancient or traditional commerce—Jesus driving the moneychangers from the temple—though the practice continues at airports, borders, and tourist districts: We found a moneychanger near the train station.
Medium of exchange
- forexCurrency trading market
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- kioskStandalone public booth
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
counter · teller · cashier · spread · commission · markup · conversion · banknotes
Extortionate money lending
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- templeSacred worship structure
- biblicalOf sacred texts
Jesus · tables · marketplace · goldsmith · scales · weights · coins · ducats
Flat service surface
- queueOrdered waiting line
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
- tellerOne who counts
- receiptWritten payment acknowledgment
ledger · calculator · verification · identification · drawer · safe · vault · denomination
currency
Medium of exchange
booth · counter · teller · cashier · spread · commission · markup · conversion · banknotes · coins
usury
Extortionate money lending
biblical · Jesus · tables · marketplace · goldsmith · scales · weights · coins · ducats · florins
counter
Flat service surface
receipt · ledger · calculator · verification · identification · drawer · safe · vault · denomination · banknotes
tourist
Traveler visiting attractions
kiosk · passport · visa · souvenir · backpacker · destination · guidebook · jetlag · luggage · vacation
- ancient occupationssoldier, merchant, farmer, shepherd, carpenter
- financial institutionsbanks, central bank, commercial banks, investment bank, investment banks
moneychangerdepositor
One who entrusts funds
borrower · saver · hoarder · spender · bank teller
moneychangerascetic
One who renounces indulgence
monk · mendicant · vow of poverty · anticapitalist · Francis of Assisi