shroff
(in India) a banker or money-changer.
(in East Asia, especially China) a local expert employed to test the purity of a coin’s metal content, especially silver or gold.
to test (coins) to ascertain the purity of the metal content, especially silver or gold.
Origin of shroff
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How to use shroff in a sentence
Pieces of silver as well as dollars were shroffed and weighed before being deposited in the treasury.
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British Dictionary definitions for shroff
/ (ʃrɒf) /
(in China, Japan, etc, esp formerly) an expert employed to separate counterfeit money or base coin from the genuine
(in India) a moneychanger or banker
(tr) to test (money) and separate out the counterfeit and base
Origin of shroff
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