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shroff [ʃrɒf]

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (in China, Japan, etc., esp formerly) an expert employed to separate counterfeit money or base coin from the genuine

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (in India) a moneychanger or banker

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (tr) to test (money) and separate out the counterfeit and base

[from Portuguese xarrafo, from Hindi sarrāf moneychanger, from Arabic]

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Shroffage			The Shroffs are known to be regulars at overseas industry conferences, where they get to know about companies that could make attractive buys. In-house I-bankers by Business Today More (New Delhi, India) 18) For details, see Makrand Mehta, Indian Merchants and Entrepreneurs in Historical Perspective, with Special Reference to Shroffs of Gujarat, 17th to 19th Centuries, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 1990. The Mughal port cities of Surat and Hugli by Hasan, Farhat / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts the official Mughal Mint authorities were expected to do the needful for all importers of bullion, foreign and used coins free of charge, but the inevitable delay at the mints during the peak season compelled them [the British] to take resort to local and informal banking and exchange facilities offered by the Bania shroffs (sarraffs)" (Subramanian, 1987, p. Remittances and reputations in hawala money-transfer systems: ... by Schaeffer, Emily C. / Journal of Private Enterprise			shrink-wrap shrink-wrapped shrink-wrapped software shrink-wrapping shrinkable shrinkage Shrinker shrinking Shrinking head shrinking violet Shrinkingly shrinkproof shrinkwrap Shrivalty shrive shrivel shrivel away shrivel up shriveled shrivelled shriven Shriver Shriving shroff Shroffage shroffs Shrood Shropshire shroud Shroud plate shroud-laid Shrouded Shrouded gear Shrouding Shroudless Shroudy shrove Shrove Monday Shrove Sunday Shrove Tuesday Shrovetide Shroving Shrow Shrowd shrub shrub layer shrubbery Shrubbiness shrubby shrubby bittersweet Shrubby horsetail			shrivels shriven shriven Shrivenham American University shriver shriver Shriver, Robert Sargent shrives shrives Shrivijaya shriving shriving shriving pew shriving pew SHRL Shrlock holmes Shrlock holmes SHRM SHRMA SHRN SHRO SHROC Shrodinger equation Shrodinger equation Shrodinger's equation Shrodinger's equation Shroedinger Shroff Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital Shroffage shroffs SHRON Shrood Shroom with a View Shroomers Shroomers Shroomers Shroomers Shrops Shrops Shrops Shrops Shropshire Shropshire Shropshire Shropshire Shropshire (sheep) Shropshire Access to Information Resources Shropshire Air Quality Management Group Shropshire and Mid Wales Hospice Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority Shropshire Barn Owl Group Shropshire Beekeepers' Association Shropshire County Council Shropshire County Council Shropshire County Council Shropshire County Pension Fund Shropshire Historic Churches Trust Shropshire Planning Officers' Group Shropshire Premier Bowling League Shropshire sheep

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