Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The examination of coins by an expert, and the separation of the good from the debased or defaced.
- noun The expense of such expert inspection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
examination ofcoins in order toseparate the good from thedebased .
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` little, small 'and English peg (Anglo-Indian slang since at least 1864 for a drink, especially of brandy and soda water); and shroffage ` commission charged for shroffing' combines shroff (an adaptation of Hindi saraf ` banker, money-lender, 'a word borrowed from Arabic) and the English suffix - age.
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