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пункт обмена валюты (denghu); пункт обмена валют ([ˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ], pl. bureaux de change) An office at a hotel, in an airport, etc, where you can exchange money from one country for that from another: This 24-hour distribution eliminates the need for customers to visit the bureau de change for currency exchange. • Staff would send people with European currency to the customer service desk and we would operate as a bureau de change against a rate fixed two or three times a week. • He laundered his money through bureaux de change and in casinos in Amsterdam. • ‘This survey highlights the great British holiday money rip-off that people face at most airport bureaux de change,' said Phil McHugh, senior foreign exchange dealer at Currencies Direct. Boris Gorelik); обменный пункт (валюты denghu) |
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валютник (пункт обмена валют Anglophile); обменник (pl. bureaux de change): ‘This survey highlights the great British holiday money rip-off that people face at most airport bureaux de change,' said Phil McHugh, senior foreign exchange dealer at Currencies Direct. • As sterling dropped to new lows on Tuesday, signs outside bureaux de change along London's busiest shopping street offered variations that ranged from £92 to £96.50 for €100. Anglophile) |
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a place where foreign currency can be exchanged (Britain, New Zealand) Usage notes: The term bureau de change is not used in the United States. Instead, the terms used in the United States and in Canadian English are currency exchange and sometimes money exchange, sometimes with various additions such as foreign, desk, office, counter, service, etc., for example foreign currency exchange office.) |
