shroff
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3ADJ.
closing
SHROFF + NOUN
arguments
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during, from
Definitions
noun
A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.
The sheraffs are poore and begerly.
Amongſt whom were Shroffs, or Money-changers.
A cashier, especially for a car park.
An assistant shroff of the Queen Mary Hospital faced Mr. J. Reynolds at Central yesterday charged with the larceny of $10.
It is a source of endless fascination to newcomers to Hong Kong to observe types of employment in the city rarely seen in other parts of the world. Where, away from here, would you come across a shroff, for example?
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.
I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed.
The potential revenues of China are immense, but they are ‘shroffed’... by every hand through which they pass.
name
A surname of Indian usage.
Dunn’s attorney, Sabrina Shroff, during closing arguments on Wednesday said that the confrontation was the result of his “strongly held feelings” about immigration enforcement, NBC News reported.
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6The sheraffs are poore and begerly.
WiktionaryAmongſt whom were Shroffs, or Money-changers.
WiktionaryThe breakfast soon dispatch'd, they're off, To borrow money from a shroff.
WiktionaryI represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed.
WiktionaryThe potential revenues of China are immense, but they are ‘shroffed’... by every hand through which they pass.
WiktionaryDunn’s attorney, Sabrina Shroff, during closing arguments on Wednesday said that the confrontation was the result of his “strongly held feelings” about immigration enforcement, NBC News reported.
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