Change

Does this ever happen to you, where you go to a convenience store to buy cashews, beef jerky, and a Sunkist to snack on during the Bears game, and the total comes out to $8.91 and you give the lady a ten but don't want to carry four pesky pennies in your pocket so you tell her, "Keep the change," and she thinks that when you say change, you mean whatever was left over from the ten you gave her, but what you actually meant by that was "Keep the coins," but you don't have to heart to speak up, especially since she just said GOD BLESS YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS! and smiled big and happily slammed the register shut? Damn.

Change (chānj) n. 6. a. Money of smaller denomination given or received in exchange for money of higher denomination.

b. The balance of money returned when an amount given is more than what is due.

c. Coins.