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shroff
[ shrof ]
noun
- (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.
verb (used with object)
- to test (coins) to ascertain the purity of the metal content, especially silver or gold.
shroff
/ ʃrɒf /
noun
- (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
verb
- tr to test (money) and separate out the counterfeit and base
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[WWD] Editor's note: This story has been updated with a comment from Ms. Lederhaas-Okun's attorney Sabria Shroff.
Reached by phone Friday, the lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, said she would not comment on details of the case.
If any money stamped by a Shroff on examination proved bad, it was exchanged by him, but such cases were extremely rare.
I have heard of as much as fifty taels (about $70) being paid to an important Shroff-shop for such a transaction.
There now remains the Shroff, or money dealer, whose services were indispensable, particularly in receipts.
The Red Wand stood by the abacus, rattling the brown beads with flying fingers, like a shroff.
The Julamerik shroff sent word that the English sovereign is selling at 16s.
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