Currency exchange

Currency exchange / KUHR ehn see ecks CHAINJ / n. A stand-alone business that cashes checks, wires money, sells money orders, sends faxes and offers other services -- usually from behind a glass partition. There are about 600 licensed currency exchanges in Illinois. But if you ask for a "currency exchange" elsewhere in the United States, odds are that you'll get a blank stare . . . or directions to a business that converts foreign currency to dollars. In some parts of the country, currency exchanges are called "check cashers."

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