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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Ten million.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the East Indies, ten millions; one hundred lakhs: as, a crore of rupees.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun East Indies Ten millions.

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  • noun India Ten millions, particularly with regard to a currency.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi and Urdu karoṛ, from Prakrit koḍi-, from Sanskrit koṭiḥ, probably specialized use of koṭiḥ, tip of a bow, highest point.]

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From Hindi करोड़ (kroṛ) and Urdu کروڑ (kroṛ).

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