CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the

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• LATE

Late

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• LAT

Lat. cambium, cambiare, to

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• BARTER (from Fr. barater, to truck, to exchange)

barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to

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• BEND

bend)  , properly the substitution of one thing for another, hence any alteration or variation, so applied to the moon's passing from one phase to another . The use of the word for a place of commercial business has usually been taken to be a shortened form of Exchange (q.v.) and so is often written 'Change . The New English Dictionary points out that " change " appears earlier than " exchange " in this sense . " Change " is particularly used of coins of lower denomination given in substitution for those of larger denomination or for a note, cheque, &c., and also for the balance of a sum paid larger than that which is due . A further application is that in bell-ringing, of the variations in order in which a peal of bells may be rung . The term usually excludes the ringing of the bells according to the diatonic scale in which they are hung (see BELL) . It is from a combination of these two meanings that the thieves' slang phrase " ringing the changes " arises; it denotes the various methods by which wrong change may be given or extracted, or counterfeit coin passed .