See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. cambium, cambiare, to See also:

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

barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the See also:

• 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 See also:

• BEND

bend)  , properly the substitution of one thing for another, hence any alteration or variation, so applied to the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon's passing from one phase to another . The use of the word for a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of commercial business has usually been taken to be a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• EXCHANGE

Exchange (q.v.) and so is often written 'See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

Change . The New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary points out that " change " appears earlier than " exchange " in this sense . " Change " is particularly used of coins of See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination given in substitution for those of larger denomination or for a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note, See also:

• CHEQUE, or CHECK

cheque, &c., and also for the See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance of a sum paid larger than that which is due . A further application is that in See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell-ringing, of the See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order in which a peal of bells may be See also:

• RUNG

rung . The See also:

• TERM

term usually excludes the ringing of the bells according to the diatonic See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale in which they are hung (see BELL) . It is from a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of these two meanings that the thieves' See also:

• SLANG

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
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin passed .