shroff: Meaning and Definition of

shroff

Pronunciation: (shrof), [key]
— n.
  1. (in India) a banker or money-changer.
  2. (in the Far East, esp. China) a native expert employed to test coins and separate the base from the genuine.
—v.t.
  1. to test (coins) in order to separate the base from the genuine.
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