Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One hundred thousand.
- noun A large, indefinite number.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
lac .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
lac , one hundred thousand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong One
hundred thousand , used especially of units ofmoney .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
Etymologies
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I found this explanation at Wikipedia: ' The name may originate from the Sanskrit word laksha लक्ष, meaning "many" and referring to the soup's many ingredients; the word is also the origin of the Hindi term lakh'.
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A lakh is a hundred thousand, and a krore ten million.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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A lakh is a hundred thousand, and a krore ten million.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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A lakh is a hundred thousand, and a krore ten million.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Note: [17] ` A lakh is a hundred thousand, and a crore is a hundred lakhs, or ten millions.
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Speaking to reporters after the meeting, KPCC president R V Deshpande and Opposition leader in the assembly, Siddaramaiah, said the members decided that the amount of Rs 75 lakh, which is now in a fixed deposit, would be given to the government to be utilized for constructing houses under various schemes.
The Times of India 2010
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No matter what happens to the money invested in MFs, after five years, the capital invested in the FD is going to net you Rs5 lakh, which is what you originally started out with.
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No matter what happens to the money invested in MFs, after five years, the capital invested in the FD is going to net you Rs5 lakh, which is what you originally started out with.
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The Indian population in New Zealand is a little over one lakh, which is 2.6 per cent of the total population of the country.
The Hindu - Home 2010
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Speaking to reporters after the meeting, KPCC president R V Deshpande and Opposition leader in the assembly, Siddaramaiah, said the members decided that the amount of Rs 75 lakh, which is now in a fixed deposit, would be given to the government to be utilized for constructing houses under various schemes.
The Times of India 2010
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