According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
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.
• banker, usurer, money changer, cashier
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.
Shroff (plural Shroffs)
A surname.
• 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
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.