"shroff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɹɒf/ [UK], /ʃɹɔf/ [US], /ʃɹɑf/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shroff.wav Forms: shroffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf, -ɔf, -ɑf Etymology: A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ur|صراف|tr=sarrāf}} Urdu صراف (sarrāf), {{der|en|fa|صراف|tr=sarâf}} Persian صراف (sarâf), {{der|en|ar|صَرَّاف}} Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf), {{root|en|ar|ص ر ف}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} shroff (plural shroffs)
  1. (India) A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin. Tags: India Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-noun-ZnlVahJM Disambiguation of Occupations: 38 40 18 4 Disambiguation of People: 44 34 18 4 Categories (other): Indian English
  2. (Hong Kong) A cashier, especially for a car park. Tags: Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-noun-cZefk54i Disambiguation of Occupations: 38 40 18 4 Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 38 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 44 24 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 52 25 17
  3. (Hong Kong) The office of such a cashier at a car park etc. Tags: Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-noun-D2mRYz3D Disambiguation of Occupations: 38 40 18 4 Categories (other): Hong Kong English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheroff [obsolete], sheraffe [obsolete], sheriffe [obsolete], sharoffe [obsolete], sherrafe [obsolete], shraff [obsolete], shrofe [obsolete], sheraff [obsolete], shraf [obsolete] Hypernyms: banker, usurer, money changer, cashier Derived forms: Shroff, shroff office, shroff-shop

Verb

IPA: /ʃɹɒf/ [UK], /ʃɹɔf/ [US], /ʃɹɑf/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shroff.wav Forms: shroffs [present, singular, third-person], shroffing [participle, present], shroffed [participle, past], shroffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒf, -ɔf, -ɑf Etymology: A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ur|صراف|tr=sarrāf}} Urdu صراف (sarrāf), {{der|en|fa|صراف|tr=sarâf}} Persian صراف (sarâf), {{der|en|ar|صَرَّاف}} Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf), {{root|en|ar|ص ر ف}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} shroff (third-person singular simple present shroffs, present participle shroffing, simple past and past participle shroffed)
  1. (India, transitive) To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission. Tags: India, transitive Derived forms: shroffage, shroffing school
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-verb-BcOFk7nC Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheroff [obsolete], sheraffe [obsolete], sheriffe [obsolete], sharoffe [obsolete], sherrafe [obsolete], shraff [obsolete], shrofe [obsolete], sheraff [obsolete], shraf [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1618, cited in William Foster, The English Factories in India..., page 8",
          "text": "The sheraffs are poore and begerly."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1698, John Fryer, “Views the Malabar and Canatick Coasts up to Bombaim”, in A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. […], London: […] R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri[chard] Chiswell, letter I (Containing a Twelve Month’s Voyage Through Divers Climates), page 52:",
          "text": "Amongſt whom were Shroffs, or Money-changers.",
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        {
          "ref": "1816, 'Quiz', The Grand Master..., canto ii, ll. 18 f.",
          "text": "The breakfast soon dispatch'd, they're off,\nTo borrow money from a shroff."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Broken-Link Handicap’, Plain Tales from the Hills, fol. 2005, page 110",
          "text": "Racing leads to the shroff quicker than anything else."
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        "(India) A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin."
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        {
          "ref": "1950 November 3, South China Morning Post, page 7:",
          "text": "An assistant shroff of the Queen Mary Hospital faced Mr. J. Reynolds at Central yesterday charged with the larceny of $10.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 July 29, South China Morning Post, page 12:",
          "text": "It is a source of endless fascination to newcomers to Hong Kong to observe types of employment in the city rarely seen in other parts of the world. Where, away from here, would you come across a shroff, for example?",
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        "(Hong Kong) A cashier, especially for a car park."
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        "(Hong Kong) The office of such a cashier at a car park etc."
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          "ref": "1757 July 7, Robert Clive, letter, cited in John Malcolm, Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. I, page 278",
          "text": "I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed."
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          "ref": "1906 April 14, Saturday Review, page 451:",
          "text": "The potential revenues of China are immense, but they are ‘shroffed’... by every hand through which they pass.",
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        "(India, transitive) To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission."
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