shroff

Meaning

Noun

1. (India) A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.
2. (Hong-Kong) A cashier, especially for a car park.
3. (Hong-Kong) The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.

Verb

To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.

Synonyms

money-changer

banker

money changer

cash-keeper

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɹɒf/

Etymology

A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).