Lexic.us

Definition of Change hands

1. Verb. Be transferred to another owner. "This restaurant changed hands twice last year"

Definition of Change hands

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Change Hands

Literary usage of Change hands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New by Peter Wiernik (1912)
"... short period in which the cantor was the most important functionary in the Orthodox synagogue—Synagogues change hands, but are rarely abandoned. ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"... or something of value, should change hands, and not merely a valueless security.8 said, "Two or more persons may be jointly convicted of extortion when ..."

3. Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"... worth change hands annually, next in value are leather, cloth? woollen wares, glass, and linen. The total value of the sales averages 10000000». per ..."

4. Principles of Political Economy by Simon Newcomb (1885)
"We now have to consider whether there is any law which fixes the number of times R that each dollar can change hands in a year, or, what amounts to the same ..."

5. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary by Joseph Story (1833)
"... and who easily persuade themselves on that account, that power should frequently change hands in order to prevent corruption and tyranny. ..."

6. An Inquiry Into Scriptual and Ancient Servitude: In which it is Shown that by E Smith, of Mansfield O. E Smith (1852)
"It might change hands for a season by a limited sale, or rather what we would call a lease, but it might be redeemed at any time, and if not redeemed before ..."

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