bureau de change
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ/
Noun

bureau de change

  1. (UK, NZ) A place where foreign currency can be exchanged.
    • 2007, R. C. H. Alexander, Insider Dealing and Money Laundering in the EU: Law and Regulation, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=49QtEPplORgC&pg=PA155&dq=%22bureau+de+change%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5G8VT-yEN6WRiQeWjMUw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bureau%20de%20change%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 155],
      A bureau de change, as has been seen, is certainly an institution or person subject to the Directive and it arguably enters into business relations with its customers.
    • 2009, Chris McIntyre, Susan McIntyre, Zanzibar, Bradt Travel Guides, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zlqv0gSkk-kC&pg=PA159&dq=%22bureau+de+change%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5G8VT-yEN6WRiQeWjMUw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bureau%20de%20change%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 159],
      Good private bureaux de change include the Shangani Bureau de Change (at the northern end of Kenyatta Road, near the Tembo Hotel), and the Malindi Bureau de Change (next to the ZanAir office, east of the port gates).
    • 2011, Isaku Endo, Jane Namaaji, Anoma Kulathunga, World Bank Working Paper No. 201: Uganda′s Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom, United States, and South Africa, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=McLM3DHzcpgC&pg=PA21&dq=%22bureau+de+change%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pYQVT4T-MYaSiQeY65WNAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bureau%20de%20change%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 21],
      The network comprises Masterlink, a bureau de change, and a United Kingdom bank, along with a partnering MTO and a bank in Uganda.
Synonyms
  • currency exchange
Translations


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