Definition of Bureau de change

1. Noun. (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money.

Generic synonyms: Company
Geographical relationships: France, French Republic

Definition of Bureau de change

1. Noun. (UK NZ) A place where foreign currency can be exchanged. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bureau De Change

burdenless
burdenous
burdens
burdens of proof
burdensome
burdensomely
burdensomeness
burdie
burdies
burdock
burdocks
burds
bure
bureau
bureau-ocracy
bureau de change (current term)
bureau de changes
bureaucracies
bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucratese
bureaucrateses
bureaucratic
bureaucratic procedure
bureaucratical
bureaucratically
bureaucratie
bureaucratisation
bureaucratisations
bureaucratise

Literary usage of Bureau de change

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of the Panjáb, Western Rajpútáná, Kashmír, and Upper Sindh by John Murray (Firm), Edward B. Eastwick (1883)
"Bureau de Change in the Hotel. Considerably enlarged and newly furnished, 1875. The best Burgundy Wines shipped at wholesale prices. GRAND HÔTEL DU CASINO. ..."

2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"bureau de change, change- office—money-changer. Aller au change, to go to the money-changer. Payer comme au change, to pay ready money. ..."

3. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest by Upton Sinclair (1915)
"One or two inhabitants in reduced circumstances would act as hotel touts, there are several hotel omnibuses and a Bureau de Change, certainly a Bureau de ..."

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