A bureau de change is the counter where currencies are swapped. Use a bureau de change.
The commission-free ones make their money on the rate instead, which is the older trick. A bureau de change at an airport gives the worst rate anybody will ever be offered.
1nounbureau de changeThe counter where currencies are swapped.
“The bureau de change took nine per cent without calling it a fee.”
bureau de change is a counter.
French bureau de change means office of exchange, from bureau, a desk covered in baize.
French
bureau de change — office of exchange
English, today
bureau de change
French bureau de change (“office of exchange”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Bank & Post Office