shroffagen.
/ˈʃrɒfɪdʒ/ The commission charged for shroffing coin.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for banking, coining, or financial services
shroffage1629
bank charge1659
procuration money1671
procuration1673
agio1696
premium1717
brassage1806
procuration fee1822
application money1869
transfer fee1869
demurrage1875
1629 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 354 Shraffage is halfe a riall per every thousand rialls.
1676 S. Master Diary 12 Oct. (1911) I. 394 The Councell doe know that there is a Sherofferage..allowed in all these parts.
1766 T. Brooks Authentick Acct. 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.
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