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Ten million, Indian-style — because 'ten million' sounded too easy to count.
means A unit in the South Asian numbering system equal to ten million (100 lakh), written as 1,00,00,000 with commas placed every two digits instead of three.
from From Hindi 'karor', tracing back to Sanskrit 'koti', meaning the highest point or end — originally suggesting the top of a countable scale rather than a precise figure. It settled into South Asian numbering alongside 'lakh' (one hundred thousand), giving the region its own comma-grouping system — 2,00,00,000 rather than 20,000,000 — which is why crore amounts can look so delightfully off to eyes trained on Western digit grouping.
- math
- 1 crore equals 10,000,000, or 100 lakh
- numbering system
- groups digits as 2,2,3 not 3,3,3
- usage
- standard for salaries, budgets, and property prices in India
- etymology
- from Sanskrit koti, meaning highest or peak