shroffage

English

Alternative forms

(obsolete): shraffage, sherofferage

Etymology

From shroff (“to examine coin for debasement etc.”) + -age (“forming nouns regarding a rate or charge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹɒfɪdʒ/

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:
  Shraffage is halfe a riall per every thousand rialls.
- 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.

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