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shroff

/ʃɹɒf/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or a local expert at detecting bad coin.
  2. A cashier, especially for a carpark.
  3. Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc.
  4. To act as a shroff, especially to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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