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Crore




An Indian crore is equal to 100 Lakh or 10 Million (107). An Iran ian crore (کرور '' Korur '' in Persian ) is half a Million (500,000).

The unit is also known as ''koti'' in the Bengali (), .

The Mumbai Underworld Slang for a crore is a ''khokha''.

Note that Sri Lanka does not refer to the term ''crore'' when referring to money to terms in millions. ''Lakh'' is used quite commonly in Sri Lanka, but not ''crore''.

The word is used in the Indian title of the popular '' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? '' game show, '' Kaun Banega Crorepati '' - literally "Who will be a ten-millionaire?".


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