What is "changing hands"

Usage examples of "changing hands".

So lots of art and money moving around, changing hands, being shipped hither and yon.

Or for poor kids to be in a place where there's plenty of money changing hands.

That certainly explains a lot, thought Nancythe money changing hands, the phone calls, the meetings.

As Alaire conferred with the trader, Reykir caught a glint of gold changing hands.

There will be a lot of betting during the competition, a lot of gold and silver changing hands.

But images flashed across his mind - images he viewed with satisfaction - of laboratory test tubes changing hands between him and Macostut, of the contents being put into vermin traps that never sprang.

As usual there was a lot of arguing and cursing, with tokens and slips of paper changing hands constantly to keep track of the scores and bets.

Dice rolled and tumbled in three corners of the room and on a number of tabletops, silver changing hands briskly to shouts and laughter.