shroff

Etymology
A British Indian variant of, from and , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or  a local expert at detecting bad coin.
 * 2) * 1618, cited in William Foster, The English Factories in India..., page 8:
 * The sheraffs are poore and begerly.
 * 1) * 1816, 'Quiz', The Grand Master..., canto ii, ll. 18 f.:
 * The breakfast soon dispatch'd, they're off, To borrow money from a shroff.
 * 1) * 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Broken-Link Handicap’, Plain Tales from the Hills, fol. 2005, page 110:
 * Racing leads to the shroff quicker than anything else.
 * 1)  A cashier, especially for a car park.
 * 2)  The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.
 * 1)  The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.
 * 1)  The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.
 * 1)  The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a shroff, especially  to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.
 * 2) * 1757 July 7,, letter, cited in John Malcolm, Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. I, page 278:
 * I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed.