noun / verb · informal
change
/tʃeɪndʒ/CHANGE
Band 5-6speakingtask1
1) (n) small coins or money returned after paying more than the price; 2) (v) to make or become different
Examples
“Do you have change for a twenty-dollar bill?”
“We need to change the date of the meeting.”
“He kept some spare change in his pocket for the bus.”
Band 8 sentence
“I always try to carry exact change to avoid delaying the queue at the supermarket checkout.”
Collocations
- spare change
- exact change
- get change for
Word family
change noun / verbchanges verb / noun (plural)changed verb (past)
Common mistakes
I need some change for the bus (but means 'exchange money')→I need some change for the bus / I need to exchange money
Can you change me a ten?→Can you give me change for a ten?
Say it for a higher band
5money→6coins→7+change
Synonyms
alter
Easily confused
exchange
“I need to exchange dollars for euros before my trip.”
Related words
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In Shopping & Money
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