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