money changer
noun
1
: one whose business is the exchanging of kinds or denominations of currency
2
: a device for holding and dispensing sorted change
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Jesus drove the money changers from the Temple, condemning the blending of commerce and worship, and yet Trump is reportedly charging up to $200,000 for political donors to pray with him.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The definition of a military target included lookouts and money changers suspected of handling Hamas’s funds, as well as the entrances to the group’s underground tunnel network, which were often hidden in homes.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
His turning over tables of money changers in the temple fuels my disgust for politicians who sell Bibles and inaugural opportunities to attend church with them.
—Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Federici led me into the empty Nobile Collegio del Cambio, a suite of street-level rooms in a medieval palazzo used by the guild of money changers in the 15th century.
—Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
But sometimes Christ goes into the temple and turns over the tables of the money changers.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
People stand outside a money changer looking at the rates of the Japanese yen against foreign currencies, along a street in central Tokyo on April 29, 2024.
—Matt Clinch, CNBC, 11 July 2024
Talked about driving the money changers out of the temple, talked about economic royalists, for example.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016
But the deregulation of the banking sector in the 1980s ushered the money changers back into the temple by removing strict usury limits.
—Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The definition of a military target included lookouts and money changers suspected of handling Hamas’s funds, as well as the entrances to the group’s underground tunnel network, which were often hidden in homes.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
His turning over tables of money changers in the temple fuels my disgust for politicians who sell Bibles and inaugural opportunities to attend church with them.
—Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Federici led me into the empty Nobile Collegio del Cambio, a suite of street-level rooms in a medieval palazzo used by the guild of money changers in the 15th century.
—Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
But sometimes Christ goes into the temple and turns over the tables of the money changers.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
People stand outside a money changer looking at the rates of the Japanese yen against foreign currencies, along a street in central Tokyo on April 29, 2024.
—Matt Clinch, CNBC, 11 July 2024
Talked about driving the money changers out of the temple, talked about economic royalists, for example.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016
But the deregulation of the banking sector in the 1980s ushered the money changers back into the temple by removing strict usury limits.
—Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Money changer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20changer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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