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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 840 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the See also:Late See also:Lat. cambium, cambiare, to See also:barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the See also:root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to See also:bend)  , properly the substitution of one thing for another, hence any alteration or variation, so applied to the See also:moon's passing from one phase to another . The use of the word for a See also: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 'See also:Change . The New See also:English See also:Dictionary points out that " change " appears earlier than " exchange " in this sense . " Change " is particularly used of coins of See also:lower See also:denomination given in substitution for those of larger denomination or for a See also:note, See also:cheque, &c., and also for the See also:balance of a sum paid larger than that which is due . A further application is that in See also:bell-ringing, of the See also:variations in See also:order in which a peal of bells may be See also:rung . 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) . It is from a See also: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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