The word Change doesn't seem to make much sense in this quote from A Christmas Carol. To emphasis the sentence, I kept it in bold-type.
MARLEY was dead, to begin with. There
is no doubt whatever about that. The register
of his burial was signed by the clergyman,
the clerk, the undertaker, & the chief mourner.
Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good
upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his
hand to.
Best Answer
The meaning of the sentence relies on the word 'Change, which is a shortened form of Exchange - the stock exchange. The sentence means that Scrooge had a good reputation on the stock exchange and that his signature carried weight. There is a clue to working out the meaning, since Change begins with a capital letter, indicating that it is a proper noun and not a verb or abstract noun in this context.