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‖ crore Anglo-Indian.|krɔə(r)| Also 7 carror, kraur, courou, kourou, crou, crow. [ad. Hindī kărōṛ, krōṛ:—Prakrit kroḍi, Skr. koṭi.] Ten millions, or one hundred lakhs (usually of rupees).
1609Hawkins in Purchas Pilgrims I. 216 (Y.) The King's yeerely Income of his Crowne Land is fiftie Crou of Rupias, every Crou is an hundred Leckes. 1678J. Phillips Tavernier's Trav. ii. i. ii. 22, 100000 Roupies make a Lekke. 100000 Lekks make a Kraur. 1696J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 189 (Y.) A kourou is an hundred thousand lacks. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. xiv. v. 362 note, A crore is an hundred lacks, or one million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds. 1859Lang Wand. India 109, I would give a crore of rupees (one million sterling) to see her only for one moment. 1876A. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. June 42 His father had five Persian crores of soldiers (2,500,000 men). |