Crore

 ( Customary Units In India ) 

Crore (; Hindi: करोड़; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (10⁷) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the Indian numbering system, the quantity is usually formatted 1,00,00,000.

Crore is widely used both in official and other contexts in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. The next named numbers after it are arab (i.e. a billion), and kharab (i.e. a trillion), although they are not widely used in the modern-day Indian subcontinent.

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Etymology The word crore derives from the Prakrit word , which in turn comes from the Sanskrit (कोटि), Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed., 1893, s.v. 'crore' 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.

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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 ", " 15 crore". In the abbreviated form, usage such as " 15 cr" is common.

(2020). 9789814663694, World Scientific. . ISBN 9789814663694

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:

• 1 lakh crore
• 10¹²
• 10,00,00,00,00,000 in Indian notation
• 1,000,000,000,000 in metric notation

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See also

• English numerals
• Hebdo-
• Myriad (10,000)
• Names of large numbers

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Sources

Categories: Customary Units In India, Hindi Words And Phrases, Powers Of Ten, Units Of Amount, Urdu-language Words And Phrases, Nepali Words And Phrases

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