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PRONUNCIATION OF SHROFFAGE

shroffage  [ˈʃrɒfɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHROFFAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shroffage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHROFFAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shroffage in the English dictionary

The definition of shroffage in the dictionary is the commission charged by a money dealer. Other definition of shroffage is the sorting of true coins from false.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHROFFAGE


advantage
ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ
age
eɪdʒ
average
ˈævərɪdʒ
bridge
brɪdʒ
college
ˈkɒlɪdʒ
coverage
ˈkʌvərɪdʒ
damage
ˈdæmɪdʒ
fidge
fɪdʒ
heritage
ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ
image
ˈɪmɪdʒ
knowledge
ˈnɒlɪdʒ
language
ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ
leafage
ˈliːfɪdʒ
manage
ˈmænɪdʒ
marriage
ˈmærɪdʒ
riffage
ˈrɪfɪdʒ
roughage
ˈrʌfɪdʒ
serfage
ˈsɜːfɪdʒ
staffage
ˈstɑːfɪdʒ
wharfage
ˈwɔːfɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHROFFAGE

shrive
shrivel
shrivelled
shrivelling
shriven
shriver
shroff
shroom
shroomer
Shropshire
shroud
shroud line
shroud-laid
shroudless
shroudy
shrove
Shrove Tuesday
Shrovetide
shrow
shrowd

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHROFFAGE

bondage
cottage
encourage
engage
footage
garage
home page
in this day and age
massage
mortgage
on the same page
package
page
reportage
stage
storage
usage
village
vintage
voyage

Synonyms and antonyms of shroffage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shroffage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHROFFAGE

Find out the translation of shroffage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shroffage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shroffage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

shroffage
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shroffage
570 millions of speakers

English

shroffage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shroffage
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shroffage
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

shroffage
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shroffage
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shroffage
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shroffage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shroffage
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shroffage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shroffage
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shroffage
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shroffage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shroffage
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shroffage
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आच्छादन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shroffage
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shroffage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shroffage
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

shroffage
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shroffage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shroffage
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shroffage
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shroffage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shroffage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shroffage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHROFFAGE»

The term «shroffage» is used very little and occupies the 160.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHROFFAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shroffage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHROFFAGE»

Discover the use of shroffage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shroffage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Commerce and Culture: Nineteenth-Century Business Elites
254. 38 VA, Doss. 64: General Regulations and Instructions for the Use of Volkart Brothers Up-Country-Agencies (Winterthur, 1912), pp. 21-7; VA, Doss. 26: Finance-Exchange 1887-1977, 3. Inland Financing — Shroffage Agreements, For the ...
Professor Robert Lee, 2013
2
A Cyclopædia of Commerce, Mercantile Law, Finance, ...
SHROFF, SHROFFAGE. Shtoff, m Indian commerce, means a banker or money- changer. Shroffage is the examination of coins, and separation of the good from the debased. [India.] SHRUB, a compound liquor, made of spirit, acid fruit, and ...
William Waterston, John Ramsay McCulloch, 1847
3
Remarks on a gold currency for India [&c.].
Shroffage, which is unavoidable (apart from imposition), arises from the necessity of a charge being made for the exchange of pieces, one for another, to reimburse the party who undertakes the task of managing the business for his time and ...
John Thomas Smith, 1868
4
A cyclopædia of commerce, mercantile law, finance, and ...
SHROFF, SHROFFAGE. Shroff, in Indian commerce, means a banker or money- changer. Shroffage is the examination of coins, and separation of the good from the debased. [India.] SHRUB, a compound liquor, made of spirit, acid fruit, and ...
William Waterston, 1843
5
Village Revenue Establishments of the Madras Presidency
Enclosing a letter from the Col-j lector on the subject of fixing the Shroffage among Potails* ....V. 11% August ...|G. 0. — Passing orders on the above letter. 17th December 1862(From Collector.— Requesting sanction for the separation of the ...
Madras (India : Presidency). Board of Revenue, 1867
6
Bengal Industries and the British Industrial Revolution ...
Grant estimates that during the reign of Jaffier Khan re-coinage annually contributed more than S.Rs300,000 to the exchequer in addition to a 2 per cent mint charge and a 5 per cent shroffage (ibid.). The system also ensured a monopoly for ...
Indrajit Ray, 2011
7
Ceylon Coins and Currency
Shroffage. Sesdehalve, coin, 127. Sessje, 257, 265. Sestehalf, coin, 116. Sestehalver, v. Sesdehalve. Setali, v. Sattaliya. Setu coins of Jaffna, 54, 74, 75 ff., 78. 82, 99. Setupatis of Ramnad, 74, 75. Seventy trwo Orders of Jaffna, 114. Seville ...
Hubert Walter Codrington, 1994
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A Cyclopaedia of Commerce, Mercantile Law, Finance, ...
SHROFF, SHROFFAGE. Shroff, m Indian commerce, means a banker or money- changer. Shroffage is the examination of coins, and separation of the good from the debased. [India.] SHRUB, a compound liquor, made of spirit, acid fruit, and ...
William Waterston, 1863
9
The works, political, metaphysical, and chronological, of ...
While this distinclion is pre- served, I think, at least, you will preserve along with it, that system of battas and shroffage, which you have formerly condenmed. I wifn you had given me a hint concerning the connection between the standard I have  ...
Sir James Steuart, 1805
10
Remarks on a gold currency for India, and proposal of ...
Shroffage, which is unavoidable (apart from imposition), arises from the necessity of a charge being made for the exchange of pieces, one for another, to reimburse the party who undertakes the task of managing the business for his time and ...
John Thomas Smith, 1868

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHROFFAGE»

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First Read: Chopmarked Coins: A History; the silver coins used in …
Schools of shroffage blossomed in China. From the 1600s to the middle of the 20th century, shroffs were moneychangers and bankers in Shanghai, Hong Kong, ... «CoinWeek, Aug 14»

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