shroffage
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English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): shraffage, sherofferage
Etymology
From shroff (“to examine coin for debasement etc.”) + -age (“forming nouns regarding a rate or charge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
shroffage (uncountable)
- (historical) The commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality.
- 1629, cited in William Foster, The English Factories in India, page 354:
- 1766, Thomas Brooks, An Authentick Account of All the Different Coins... by Which Accompts in the East Indies Are Kept, page 49:
- Brokerage 1½ per Cent. Shroffage 1 per Thousand.
References
- “shroffage, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914. - “shroffage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
