"shroffage" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From shroff (“to examine coin for debasement etc.”) + -age (“forming nouns regarding a rate or charge”).",
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          "ref": "1629, cited in William Foster, The English Factories in India, page 354",
          "text": "Shraffage is halfe a riall per every thousand rialls."
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          "ref": "1766, Thomas Brooks, An Authentick Account of All the Different Coins... by Which Accompts in the East Indies Are Kept, page 49",
          "text": "Brokerage 1½ per Cent. Shroffage 1 per Thousand.",
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        "The commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality."
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        "(historical) The commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality."
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɹɒfɪd͡ʒ/"
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  "word": "shroffage"
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