cambistn.
/ˈkambɪst/, U.S. /ˈkæmbəst/ 1. One who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges; one who deals in bills of exchange.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > use of bills of exchange > one dealing in bills of exchange
banker1484
change broker1683
exchange-broker1704
cambist1809
bill-broker1833
note broker1853
arbitrageur1870
arbitragist1881
arb1983
1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 130 Cambist, one well versed in the knowledge of exchanges, a trafficker in bills.
1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 99 These speculators in exchange, or cambists, as they are technically called.
2. transferred. As title of a manual of foreign exchanges.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing > manual of exchanges
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1811 P. Kelly (title) The Universal Cambist, and Commercial Instructor.
1882 Nature 18 May 55/1 The book is so far a cambist or dictionary of weights and measures.
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