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shroffage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃɹɒfɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From shroff (“to examine coin for debasement etc.”) + -age (“forming nouns regarding a rate or charge”).

Meanings

1. (historical, uncountable) The commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality.
   • Shraffage is halfe a riall per every thousand rialls. 1629, cited in William Foster, The English Factories in India, page 354
   • Brokerage 1½ per Cent. Shroffage 1 per Thousand. 1766, Thomas Brooks, An Authentick Account of All the Different Coins... by Which Accompts in the East Indies Are Kept, page 49:

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