shroffage
(ˈʃrɒfɪdʒ)
Also 7 shraffage, sherofferage.
[f. prec. + -age. Cf. 16th cent. It. xarafaggio, Sp. cerafagio.]
The commission charged for shroffing coin.
| 1629 in Foster Engl. Factories India (1909) III. 354 Shraffage is halfe a riall per every thousand rialls. 1676 Streynsham Master Diaries (1911) I. 394 The Councell doe know that there is a Sherofferage..allowed in all these parts. 1766 T. Brooks Coins E. Indies 49 Brokerage 1½ per Cent. Shroffage 1 per Thousand. 1817 By-Laws Levant Co. 24 Commission and shroffage on cash remitted from one part of the dominions of the Grand Signior to another..1 per cent. |