Definitions For Shroff

Verb

{{en-verb}} (India, transitive) To act as a #noun, shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.

Derived terms

shroffage, shroffing school

Noun

SHROFF (plural SHROFFs) (India) A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin. (Hong Kong) A cashier, especially for a carpark. (Hong Kong) {{short for, en, shroff office, nodot=a}}: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc.

Hypernyms

banker, usurer, money changer, cashier

Derived terms

Shroff, shroff office, shroff-shop

Alternative forms

obsolete sheroff, sheraffe, sheriffe, sharoffe, sherrafe, shraff, shrofe, sheraff

Etymology

A British Indian variant of saraf, from {{der, en, ur, صراف, tr=sarrāf}} and {{der, en, fa, صراف, tr=sarâf}}, from {{der, en, ar, صَرَّاف}}.