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shroffage

/ˈʃɹɒfɪd͡ʒ/

shroffage noun: the commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality.

Noun

shroffage (uncountable)

  1. (historical) 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

Forms of shroffage

alternative formshraffage
alternative formsherofferage

Origin of shroffage

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

Questions about shroffage

What does shroffage mean?
Shroffage means the commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality.
What part of speech is shroffage?
Shroffage is a noun.
How do you pronounce shroffage?
Shroffage is pronounced /ˈʃɹɒfɪd͡ʒ/.

Words near shroffage in the dictionary

  1. shrnas
  2. shrob
  3. Shrock
  4. Shrocks
  5. shroff
  6. shroffage
  7. shroffed
  8. shroffing
  9. shroffs
  10. Shroftide
  11. shrog

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