Change

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.

II. Change ·vt A public house; an Alehouse.

III. Change ·vt A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.

IV. Change ·vt That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.

V. Change ·vi To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

VI. Change ·vi To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.

VII. Change ·vt Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

VIII. Change ·vt A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.

IX. Change ·vt A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.

X. Change ·vt Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.

XI. Change ·vt To give and take reciprocally; to Exchange;

— followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.

XII. Change ·vt Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.

XIII. Change ·vt 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.

XIV. Change ·vt 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.

XV. Change ·vt 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.

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