shroffs's Usage Examples:

the end of the Qing dynasty—was determined by experienced moneyhandlers (shroffs), who estimated the appropriate discount based on the purity of the silver.

referred to as chopmarks), which were punched by money changers, bankers or shroffs onto foreign coins circulating in China in the 19th century.

and entrepreneurs in historical perspective: with special reference to shroffs of Gujarat, 17th to 19th centuries.

and entrepreneurs in historical perspective: with special reference to shroffs of Gujarat, 17th to 19th centuries, Academic Foundation, p.

cultural syncretism, in which Hindus and Jains dominated occupations such as shroffs and brokers whereas, Muslims, Hindus and Parsis largely dominated sea shipping.

, a heavy penalty imposed by money changers or 'shroffs' on coins bearing an older date to account for wear and weight loss, irrespective.

Whenever a sly brothel was broken up these keepers would crowd the shroffs office of the police court or the visiting room of the Government Lock.

silver ingots from the English at the previous year's rates after the local shroffs (buillion traders) of Surat refused to take them.