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单词 money-changing
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money-changingn.

Brit. /ˈmʌnɪˌtʃeɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməniˌtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., changing n.1
Etymology: < money n. + changing n.1 Compare earlier money changer n., money-changing adj.
The action of changing money from one form to another.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing
exchange1377
wisseling1463
money-changing1623
agiotage1726
agio1817
1623 E. Misselden Circle of Commerce ii. 94 The latter, when money is exchanged for mony is called mony-changing.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iii. 60 Money changing..is managed by Women, who are very dextrous..in this employment.
1738 F. Sadler Exactions & Impositions Parish Fees Discovered 20 The Kirk of Scotland..will not suffer their Churches to be profaned by Money-Changing.
1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol i. 31 My spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money-changing hole.
1891 Harper's Mag. July 291/1 Those [London streets] named after bread, candles, soap, fish, money changing, are shown on the south.
1938 G. Greene 19 Stories (1947) 76 Mr. Calloway sat on his usual seat staring out over the money-changing booths at the United States.
1993 This Mag. Mar.–Apr. 24/1 He moves from the world of moneychanging and hostile takeovers..to a partnership with a kindly man's man from old corporate stock.
1997 X. Freixas & J.-C. Rochet Microecon. of Banking i. 3 Historically, the first activity of banks was money changing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

money-changingadj.

Brit. /ˈmʌnɪˌtʃeɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməniˌtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., changing adj.
Etymology: < money n. + changing adj. Compare earlier money changer n., later money-changing n.
That changes money from one form to another; that does the work of a money changer.
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1616 H. Farley Complaint of Paules Epil. 51 Not as the wicked money-changing-rout,..walke my Isles about, And make their bargaines.
1748 ‘Integritas’ Truth, but no Treason 35 How will the Money-changing Jews, or reformed Christians, explain away these positive Inhibitions of Sacred Writ?
1833 T. B. Macaulay Speech 17 Apr. in Speeches (1854) 122 Were they [sc. Jews] always a mere moneychanging, moneygetting, moneyhoarding race?
1871 R. G. White Chron. Gotham I. 26 Jemphrisc wearied of his life in the Jahrzees, where there was neither money-changing men nor dancing women.
1908 J. R. Randall Maryland, my Maryland 47 They have empire and the sordid ban Of Shylock and the money-changing clan.
1985 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 45 820 The money-changing machines one finds in airports, where one puts in a dollar bill and receives 75 cents in small change.
1997 X. Freixas & J.-C. Rochet Microecon. of Banking ii. 18 Our modern vocabulary would say that economies of scope existed between money-changing and safekeeping activities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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