make change

phrase

US

: to give someone the change required if he or she pays with or offers a larger amount of money

Can you make change for a twenty?

Examples of make change in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And the beauty of this country is that every person has the power—small in isolation but much greater in the aggregate—to make change. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

Once optimistic about the future of life in America, the show now has a stronger desire to make change. — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Many retailers are just rounding up or down to the nearest 0- or 5-cent mark in their prices to make change. — Erika Tulfo, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026

Coakley makes sure that her troop knows how to make change and how to politely speak to customers, even the difficult ones. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for make change

• interchange
• rearrange
• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• exchange
• midrange
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange