plural crores also crore
: ten million
specifically
: a unit of value equal to ten million rupees or 100 lakhs
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Earlier in December, the CID filed 17 cases against both Rahman brothers, their sons and 24 others for allegedly laundering some 1,000 crore taka ($820 million) to shell entities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates using 93 lines of credit between 2021 and 2024.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Minimalist has scaled fast to cross an annual revenue run rate of INR 500 crore, or $57.8 million, in four years.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
The Indian government has launched an $18 million (150 crore) effort in the Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh to examine the problem and possible solutions.
—Byathar Parvaiz, science.org, 2 Dec. 2024
Pushpa 2 is also the first Indian movie ever to cross 400 crore in its opening weekend, doing so from just the Thursday-Saturday portion.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Minimalist has scaled fast to cross an annual revenue run rate of INR 500 crore, or $57.8 million, in four years.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
The Indian government has launched an $18 million (150 crore) effort in the Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh to examine the problem and possible solutions.
—Byathar Parvaiz, science.org, 2 Dec. 2024
Pushpa 2 is also the first Indian movie ever to cross 400 crore in its opening weekend, doing so from just the Thursday-Saturday portion.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Crore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crore. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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