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{{Short description|Indian numbering system name for ten million}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

'''Crore''' ({{IPAc-en|k|r|ɔər}}; abbreviated '''cr''') denotes the quantity [[10,000,000|ten million]] (10<sup>7</sup>) and is equal to 100 [[lakh]] in the [[Indian numbering system]]. In many international contexts, the [[decimal]] quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the Indian  numbering system, the quantity is usually formatted 1,00,00,000<!--**DO NOT CHANGE COMMA FORMATTING**-->.<ref name="nroer">{{cite web |title=Knowing our Numbers |url=http://nroer.gov.in/nroer_team/file/readDoc/55b23f2881fccb054b6be25f/ |website=Department of School Education And Literacy |publisher=National Repository of Open Educational Resources |access-date=13 February 2016 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216163129/http://nroer.gov.in/nroer_team/file/readDoc/55b23f2881fccb054b6be25f/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Crore is widely used both in official and other contexts in [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], and [[Pakistan]].

== Etymology ==

The word ''crore'' derives from the [[Prakrit]] word {{Transliteration|pra|kroḍi}}, which in turn comes from the [[Sanskrit]] {{Transliteration|sa|koṭi}} ({{Lang|sa|कोटि}}),<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 1st ed., 1893, ''s.v.'' 'crore'</ref> denoting ten million in the [[Indian number system]], which has separate terms for most powers of ten from 10<sup>0</sup> up to 10<sup>19</sup>. The ''crore'' is known by various regional names.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

==Money==
Large amounts of money in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan are often written in terms of ''crore''. For example 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million) rupees is written as "fifteen ''crore'' [[rupee]]s", "{{INR}} 15&nbsp;crore".<ref name="nroer" /> In the abbreviated form, usage such as "{{INR}} 15 cr" is common.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Posamentier |first1=Alfred S. |last2=Poole |first2=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmPcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 |title=Understanding Mathematics Through Problem Solving |date=2020-03-23 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4663-69-4 }}</ref>

[[Orders of magnitude (numbers)#1012|Trillions]] (in the [[long and short scales|short scale]]) of money are often written or spoken of in terms of ''lakh crore''. For example, ''one trillion rupees'' is equivalent to:

* {{Indian Rupees}}1&nbsp;lakh crore
* {{Indian Rupees}}10<sup>12</sup>
* {{Indian Rupees}}10,00,00,00,00,000 in [[Indian numbering system#Decimal formatting|Indian notation]]
* {{Indian Rupees}}1,000,000,000,000 in metric notation

== See also ==
{{Wiktionary|crore}}
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* [[English numerals]]
* [[Hebdo-]]
* [[Myriad]] (10,000)
* [[Names of large numbers]]
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==References==
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==Sources==
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Crore}}
* {{Merriam-Webster|Crore}}

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