What does Change mean?

Small money For example: "Keep the change (Keep the small money)"

Where does the slang word Change come from?

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

Change

🇿🇲 Zambia Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions

TOP DEFINITION

Change definition 1

Small money

"Keep the change (Keep the small money)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

DEFINITION 2

Change definition 2

Balance

"Change yanga (My change)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇿🇲 Zambia
Definitions: 2 community definitions
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 Zambia Slang

Zambian slang blends English with local languages like Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga, shaped by the Copperbelt's unique working-class culture.

KASINARY has 1428 Zambia slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Zambia slang (1428 words)

🌍 "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 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Small money (Change/small money)

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 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Change (Change/coins)

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