shroff
/ʃrɒf/
noun
- A money changer or banker in parts of Asia, especially India and the Middle East.
- Travelers often visited the local shroff to convert their foreign money.
- The shroff examined the coins carefully before exchanging them.
- In the old bazaar, the shroff sat behind a small desk with stacks of currency.
verb
- To examine or test coins or currency for authenticity, especially by weighing or assaying.
- The merchant shroffed the silver rupees before accepting them.
- The bank teller shroffed the gold sovereigns with a small scale.
- He learned to shroff coins by their weight and ring.