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

Building Systems That Can Adapt One practical leadership approach is to continuously test whether technology foundations make change easier or harder. — Chandini Sheeba, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

But no amount of nonprofit organizing can make change without looking at issues systemically. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Ordinary people can make change Growing up, Steinem was a caregiver for her mother, who battled mental illness and addiction. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

And this is a film about how even a farmer with absolutely no means can make change. — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for make change

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