change
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1.0
- noun
- /tʃeɪndʒ/
:
cambio
- 15 dollars is your change.
- keep the change
- make change
- small change
Do I need to make a change of N cents?
- Do I need to make a change of N cents?
- We didn't have any change, but it looks delicious.
- The boy handed me my change in the parking lot.
- She was literally able, you know, she didn't find change in the couch cushions.
- It was for a bank that would just make change, change, change bank.
Examples
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- Hey, you got change for a $100?
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On a table were their books, their change, and their notes to one another.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Do you have any change?
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The boy handed me my change in the parking lot.
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When he had eight dollars in change, he went to the phone and called Monica.
Fiction book (1990) -
Cassim, have you got some change?
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Keep the change!
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At the cash register, LVES helped them identify correct change and read receipts.
Academic text (1996) -
A machine that took American quarters, and he'd had change left after his speedy shopping spree.
Fiction book (1990) -
She got some change after paying for her coffee.
Synonyms
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1.0
Small coins or money you do not need and carry with you
8
2.5
A small amount of money, usually coins, kept for minor expenses
8
3.1
Small coins people keep in pockets or jars
Idioms
- Informal
1
8.1
Switching leaders or plans during a project that is already happening when it is risky
Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
- Informal
To have a different opinion after seeing new facts or benefits
Compounds
- Informal
18
3.2
An activity that is different from your normal routine to give you a pleasant break
- Specialized
15
4.2
A medical operation and hormone treatment to make a person's body match the gender they feel
12
3.7
The time when a country's leaders, laws and policies become different after elections or protests
- Specialized
9
3.3
Long-term change in Earth's usual weather and temperature mainly caused by people
- Archaic
6
5.7
Medical treatment with surgery and hormones that helps a person live as a different gender
- Specialized
4
3.4
A change where something changes state or appearance but stays the same substance
- Jargon
1
5.9
An act of replacing the player who throws the ball with another during a baseball game
- Specialized
1
3.7
A process that turns one substance into a different one by changing its atoms or molecules
- Specialized
1
4.1
A material that moves from solid to liquid or gas without making a new substance
- Specialized
A baseball pitch thrown much slower than expected to surprise a batter
- Specialized
A process where matter moves between solid, liquid, and gas without a chemical reaction
- Formal
A one-time payment that a local government asks to handle a request to change how land can be used
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Etymology
Change comes from an old French word changier meaning 'to exchange', and people used it for the money you get back after swapping a larger bill for smaller coins. So change can mean the small coins or money you receive after a payment.