Cambistry

Quick meaning: Cambistry is a noun meaning The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc. in regard to trade and commerce, especially concerning foreign currency exchange.

Meaning

The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc. in regard to trade and commerce, especially concerning foreign currency exchange.

Example Sentences

The science of exchange, or, to use the old word, cambistry, has always been a subject of great importance.

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.

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include catallactics, metrology, cameralistics, diplomatic, docimology, diplomatics.

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