cambistry
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc. in regard to trade and commerce, especially concerning foreign currency exchange.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "On the other hand, we miss in the course such subjects as cambistry (science of exchange) , political economy, as well as some essential features of bookkeeping and accounting, the importance of which is beyond question in commercial practice."
- "The science of exchange, or, to use the old word, cambistry, has always been a subject of great importance."
- "Cambistry involves a knowledge of various countries of the world; weights, measures, and fineness of metals used as a basis of coinage in various countries; methods of dealing in bullion; assaying operations; issuance of bills of exchange, international checks, and postal money orders; commercial parities; and computations in the arbitration of exchange."
Etymology
By surface analysis, cambist + -ry.