Definition of crore in English:
crore
nounPlural crores krɔːkrôr
Indian Ten million; one hundred lakhs, especially of rupees, units of measurement, or people.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some of the screen printing units have received orders worth crores of rupees.
- It is not difficult to raise a few crores of rupees in one year.
- Trust reigned supreme even in verbal deals worth hundreds of crores of rupees.
- All the other channels will be launching programmes giving away crores upon crores of rupees.
- It is now common knowledge that thousands of crores worth of sandalwood is being plundered from our forests every year.
Origin
From Hindi karoṛ, based on Sanskrit koṭi 'ten millions'.