shroffageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• (廃れた用法): shraffage, sherofferage

語源

From shroff (“to examine coin for debasement etc.”) + -age (“forming nouns regarding a rate または charge”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹɒfɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

shroffage (uncountable)

1. (historical) The commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality.
   • 1629, cited in William Foster, The English Factories in India, page 354:

     Shraffage is halfe a riall per every thousand rialls.

   • 1766, Thomas Brooks, An Authentick Account of All the Different Coins... by Which Accompts in the East Indies Are Kept, page 49

     Brokerage 1½ per Cent. Shroffage 1 per Thousand.

参照

• “shroffage, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914.
• “shroffage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary