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shroff.

A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɹɒf/UK/ʃɹɔf/US/ʃɹɑf/US
  1. A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.

    India
  2. A cashier, especially for a car park.

    Hong-Kong
  3. The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.

    Hong-Kong
Where this word comes from

An British Indian variant of saraf, borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

verb/ʃɹɒf/UK/ʃɹɔf/US/ʃɹɑf/US
  1. To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.

    India · transitive
Where this word comes from

An British Indian variant of saraf, borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

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