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cambistry

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cam⋅bist

  [kam-bist]
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–noun
1. a dealer in bills of exchange.
2. an expert in foreign exchange.
3. a manual giving the moneys, weights, and measures of different countries, with their equivalents.
Origin:
1800–10; < F cambiste < It cambista. See cambium, -ist

Related forms:
cam⋅bist⋅ry, noun
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