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1. money given or received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or in a different currency

2. the balance of money given or received when the amount tendered is larger than the amount due

3. Archaic a place where merchants meet to transact business; an exchange

4. Astronomy the transition from one phase of the moon to the next

5. the order in which a peal of bells may be rung

6. Sport short for changeover

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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see SOCIAL CHANGE.

Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000

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In building construction, an authorized alteration or deviation from the design or scope of work as originally defined by the contract documents.

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PPG's Application Development Center has cooked up a number of new recipes for powder coating, from changing color on the fly to cutting drying time.