The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
EXCAMBED
Verb
excambed
simple past tense and past participle of excamb
Source: Wiktionary
EXCAMB
Ex*camb", Ex*cam"bie, v. t. Etym: [LL. excambiare, excambire; L. ex out + cambire. See Change, and cf. Exchange.] (Scots Law)
Definition: To exchange; -- used with reference to transfers of land.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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