1. a banker or money changer, especially in East Asia
Usage: historical; regional

1. to examine and test the genuineness of coins or currency
Usage: historical; technical

Examples

• The shroff carefully examined each silver coin brought to his shop.
• Local merchants relied on the shroff to verify foreign currency.
• He worked as a shroff in Hong Kong during the colonial period.
• The banker would shroff all suspicious notes before accepting them.
• She learned to shroff coins by checking their weight and sound.