What does Change mean?

Small money (Change/small money) For example: "Yu get change? (Do you have change?)"

Where does the slang word Change come from?

Change is a slang term from Sierra Leone. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Sierra Leone and across Africa.

Change

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Change definition 1

Small money (Change/small money)

"Yu get change? (Do you have change?)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Change 🇩🇿 Algeria

Currency exchange

"Good change rate"

Change 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ti kas (Change)

"Mon pa ganny change (I don't have change)"

🇸🇱 About Sierra Leone Slang

Sierra Leone slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 1301 Sierra Leone slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Change" Across Africa

This word is also used in 18 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Change 🇩🇿 Algeria

Currency exchange

Change 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ti kas (Change)

Change 🇿🇦 South Africa

Kleingeld (Small money)

Change 🇧🇯 Benin

Échange de monnaie (Currency exchange)

Change 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Change (Change/balance)

Change 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Pesa ya mabadiliko (Change money)

Change 🇹🇬 Togo

Échange d'argent (Money exchange)

Change 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Imali lesalayo (Remaining money)

Change 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ቼንጅ/ለውጥ (Change)

Change 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Chelete e setseng / Phetolo (Money left / Change)

Change 🇱🇷 Liberia

Small money/Coins (Small bills/Change)

Change 🇱🇾 Libya

شانج (Exchange / change)

Change 🇲🇱 Mali

Wari falenfalen, wari ɲɔgɔnma (Money exchange, money change)

Change 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Change, taux de change (Exchange, exchange rate)

Change 🇳🇪 Niger

Canji, sauyi (Change, exchange)

Change 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Small money (Loose cash)

Change 🇿🇲 Zambia

Small money

change 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Change (Change/coins)

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