Change
Definition of Change
Pronunciation: chānj v. t. | 1. | To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. | | 2. | To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention. | | 3. | To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; - followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. | | 4. | Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.To change hands | to change owners. |
| v. i. | 1. | To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.For I am Lord, I change not. - Mal. iii. 6. | | 2. | To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night. | n. | 1. | Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. | | 2. | A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. | | 3. | A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. | | 4. | Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. | | 5. | That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. | | 6. | Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due. | | 7. | A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. | | 8. | A public house; an alehouse. | | 9. | (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. |
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