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Cambistry

[kam-bist]

noun

a dealer in bills of exchange.

an expert in foreign exchange.

a manual giving the moneys, weights, and measures of different countries, with their equivalents.

Origin:
1800–10; < French cambiste < Italian cambista. See cambium, -ist

Related forms

cam·bist·ry, noun

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cambist (ˈkæmbɪst)

—n
1.	a dealer or expert in foreign exchange
2.	a manual of currency exchange rates and similar equivalents of weights and measures

[C19: from French cambiste, from Italian cambista, from cambio (money) exchange]

'cambistry

—n

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