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'''Crore''' ({{IPAc-en|k|r|ɔər}}; abbreviated '''cr''') denotes the quantity [[10,000,000|ten million]] (10<sup>7</sup>) 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<!--**DO NOT CHANGE COMMA FORMATTING**-->.<ref name="nroer">{{cite web |title=Knowing our Numbers |url=http://nroer.gov.in/nroer_team/file/readDoc/55b23f2881fccb054b6be25f/ |website=Department of School Education And Literacy |publisher=National Repository of Open Educational Resources |access-date=13 February 2016 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216163129/http://nroer.gov.in/nroer_team/file/readDoc/55b23f2881fccb054b6be25f/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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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.<br />
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== Etymology and regional variants ==<br />
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The word ''crore'' derives from the [[Prakrit]] word {{Transliteration|pra|kroḍi}}, which in turn comes from the [[Sanskrit]] {{Transliteration|sa|koṭi}} ({{Lang|sa|कोटि}}),<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 1st ed., 1893, ''s.v.'' 'crore'</ref> denoting ten million in the [[Indian number system]], which has separate terms for most powers of ten from 10<sup>0</sup> up to 10<sup>19</sup>. <br />
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'''By language'''<br />
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* '''[[Assamese language|Assamese]]''': ক্ৰোড় kroṛ<br />
* '''[[Bengali language|Bengali]]''': কোটি kōṭī (though some also use the word "ক্ৰোড়" kroṛ)<br />
* '''[[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]''': कड़ो kaṛo<br />
* '''[[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]''': (Hindi: करोड़, Urdu: کروڑ) kroṛ<br />
* '''[[Maldivian language|Dhivehi]]''': ކޯރޯ kāroo<br />
* '''[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]''': કરોડ koṛo<br />
* '''[[Kannada]]''': ಕೋಟಿ kōṭi<br />
* '''[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]''': کروڑ kroṛ<br />
* '''[[Khasi language|Khasi]]''': kro<br />
* '''[[Malayalam]]''': കോടി kōṭi<br />
* '''[[Marathi language|Marathi]]''': कोटी kōṭī<br />
* '''[[Meitei language|Meitei]]''': ꯀꯩꯡ kōṭi1<br />
* '''[[Nepali language|Nepali]]''': करोड kroṛ<br />
* '''[[Odia language|Odia]]''': କୋଟି kōṭi<br />
* '''[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]''': ([[Shahmukhi]]:کروڑ [[Gurmukhi]]: ਕਰੋੜ) <br />
* '''[[Sanskrit]]''': कोटि kōṭi<br />
* '''[[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]''': කෝටිය kōṭiya<br />
* '''[[Tamil Nadu|Tamil]]''': கோடி kōṭi<br />
* '''[[Telugu language|Telugu]]''': కోటి kōṭi<br />
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==Money==<br />
Large amounts of money in India, Bangladesh 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'' [[rupee]]s", "{{INR}} 15&nbsp;crore".<ref name="nroer" /> In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR}} 15 cr" is common.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Posamentier |first1=Alfred S. |last2=Poole |first2=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 |title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving |date=2020-03-23 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4663-69-4 }}</ref><br />
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[[Orders of magnitude (numbers)#1012|Trillions]] (in the [[long and short scales|short scale]]) of money are often written or spoken of in terms of ''lakh crore''. For example, ''one trillion rupees'' is equivalent to:<br />
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* {{Indian Rupees}}1&nbsp;lakh crore<br />
* {{Indian Rupees}}10<sup>12</sup><br />
* {{Indian Rupees}}10,00,00,00,00,000 in [[Indian numbering system#Decimal formatting|Indian notation]]<br />
* {{Indian Rupees}}1,000,000,000,000 in metric notation<br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{Wiktionary|crore}}<br />
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* [[English numerals]]<br />
* [[Hebdo-]]<br />
* [[Myriad]] (10,000)<br />
* [[Names of large numbers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Crore}}<br />
* {{Merriam-Webster|Crore}}<br />
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