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SHROFF
Etymology
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 shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc.
Hypernyms
• banker, usurer, money changer, cashier
Verb
shroff (third-person singular simple present shroffs, present participle shroffing, simple past and past participle shroffed)
(India, transitive) To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.
Proper noun
Shroff (plural Shroffs)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shroff is the 23283rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1094 individuals. Shroff is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.63%) and White (13.71%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Shroff, n. Etym: [Ar. sarraf.]
Definition: A banker, or changer of money. [East Indies]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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