Crore

A crore (/krɔːr/; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 10⁷ in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is equal to one hundred thousand, and is written as 1,00,000).^[1]

It is widely used both in official and other contexts in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.

Etymology

The word crore derives from the Prakrit word kroḍi, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit koṭi (कोटि),^[2] which in turn comes from the Tamil number [1]Kodi denoting ten million in the Indian number system, which has separate terms for most powers of ten from 10⁰ up to 10¹⁹. The crore is known by various regional names.

Money

Large amounts of money in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan are often written in terms of crore. For example 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million) rupees is written as "fifteen crore rupees", "₹15 crore".^[1] In the abbreviated form, usage such as "₹15 cr" is common.^[3]

Trillions (in the short scale) of money are often written or spoken of in terms of lakh crore. For example, one trillion rupees is equivalent to:^{[citation needed]}

• One lakh crore rupees
• ₹1 lakh crore
• ₹10⁵⁺⁷
• ₹10¹²
• ₹10,00,00,00,00,000 in Indian notation
• ₹1,000,000,000,000 in metric notation

See also

Look up crore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Bollywood 100 Crore Club
• English numerals
• Hebdo-
• Kaun Banega Crorepati
• Lakh (100,000)
• Myriad (10,000)
• Names of large numbers

References

Sources

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Crore" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
• "Crore". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.

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