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crore

[krawr, krohr]
noun
  1. (in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
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Origin of crore

First recorded in 1600–10, crore is from the Hindi word kroṛ, karoṛ
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Examples from the Web for crore

Historical Examples

  • He was brought to Lahore and had to pay a crore (ten millions) of rupees.

    Kashmir

    Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

  • We should not be surprised to be told that the amount spent within the last thirty years alone amounts to a crore of rupees.

  • Why, the Pearl Scarf alone is valued at a crore of rupees, which is about three million, three hundred thousand in our money.

    Caravans By Night

    Harry Hervey

  • Lac, a term employed in India for a hundred thousand, a crore amounting to 100 lacs, usually of money.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

    Edited by Rev. James Wood

  • She describes 100,000 with one word—a 'lahk'; she describes ten millions with one word—a 'crore'.

    Following the Equator, Complete

    Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for crore

crore

noun
  1. (in Indian English) ten million
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Word Origin

C17: from Hindi karōr, from Prakrit krodi
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