shroff
/shrof/US // ʃrɒf //UK // (ʃrɒf) //
薛明,薛明辉,薛明华,薛明明
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a banker or money-changer.
- : a native expert employed to test coins and separate the base from the genuine.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to test in order to separate the base from the genuine.
Examples
[WWD] Editor's note: This story has been updated with a comment from Ms. Lederhaas-Okun's attorney Sabria Shroff.
Reached by phone Friday, the lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, said she would not comment on details of the case.
If any money stamped by a Shroff on examination proved bad, it was exchanged by him, but such cases were extremely rare.
I have heard of as much as fifty taels (about $70) being paid to an important Shroff-shop for such a transaction.
There now remains the Shroff, or money dealer, whose services were indispensable, particularly in receipts.
The Red Wand stood by the abacus, rattling the brown beads with flying fingers, like a shroff.
The Julamerik shroff sent word that the English sovereign is selling at 16s.
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