"Cupboard de mutation?"
May 9, 2010, 9:58 pm
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"Cupboard de mutation?"
In checking out BOM at airportmumbai.com for an upcoming trip, I noticed this in the Money and Telecommunications section of their home page:
Never having heard of a "cupboard de mutation" before, I googled the phrase*. There were two hits on the entire Web: the page I had found, and a comparable one about facilities at CCU (Kolkata).
Can anyone here enlighten me as to what this term means, perhaps what it might be called in the UK or the US? Is it a bureau de change, a currency exchange office?
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*In quotes. If you leave off the quotes, you will find several hundred thousand pages that include each of the three words somewhere but not necessarily together.
Telecommunications centers, gift telephones, fax, Internet and photocopying, are located in both terminals. There are also telephones, land reservation counters, cupboard de mutation, ATMs and postal amenities throughout both terminals.
Can anyone here enlighten me as to what this term means, perhaps what it might be called in the UK or the US? Is it a bureau de change, a currency exchange office?
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*In quotes. If you leave off the quotes, you will find several hundred thousand pages that include each of the three words somewhere but not necessarily together.
May 9, 2010, 10:34 pm
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Yes, I remember reading somewhere that this is a very very old term for any place (read desk/office) where some sort of "change" takes place. Over time, came to be used specifically in the context of a money changer's office. So yes, it is a bureau de change.
I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
May 11, 2010, 7:41 am
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Yes, I remember reading somewhere that this is a very very old term for any place (read desk/office) where some sort of "change" takes place. Over time, came to be used specifically in the context of a money changer's office. So yes, it is a bureau de change.
I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
May 13, 2010, 6:17 am
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Yes, I remember reading somewhere that this is a very very old term for any place (read desk/office) where some sort of "change" takes place. Over time, came to be used specifically in the context of a money changer's office. So yes, it is a bureau de change.
I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
May 14, 2010, 3:18 pm
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