crore
/krɔː(r)/noun
उच्चारण क्रॉर
करोड़
Core word
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[C] Indian English
ten million; one hundred lakhs
करोड़
- The project will cost five crore rupees.
- India has a population of over 140 crore people.
- The film earned more than fifty crore in its first week.
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- The company has reported a profit of twelve crore this year.
- A budget of two crore rupees was approved for the new bridge.
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number + crore (no -s)
After a number, crore stays singular, like hundred and thousand.
संख्या के बाद 'crore' singular रहता है, जैसे 'hundred' और 'thousand'।
- The bridge cost fifty crore rupees.
- She donated two crore.
crores of + noun
Without a number, crore takes -s and of to mean a huge unspecified amount.
संख्या के बिना 'crore' में -s लगता है और 'of' के साथ बहुत बड़ी अनिश्चित मात्रा बताता है।
- Crores of people watched the final.
- Crores of rupees were spent on the project.
a crore (singular noun phrase)
Used with a to mean exactly ten million.
'A crore' का अर्थ ठीक एक करोड़ होता है।
- The lottery prize was a crore.
crore + noun
Compounds such as a ten-crore project use crore as a singular modifier.
'ten-crore project' जैसे compound में 'crore' singular modifier के रूप में आता है।
- It is a ten-crore project.
lakh crore
One lakh crore equals one trillion. Both words stay singular after a number.
एक लाख करोड़ एक ट्रिलियन के बराबर है। संख्या के बाद दोनों शब्द singular रहते हैं।
- The budget included ten lakh crore for infrastructure.
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number + crore
onefivetwentyhundredseveral
- The company earned twenty crore last year.
crore + noun
rupeespeoplehouseholdsvoterstonnes
- Over ninety crore voters are registered.
verb + crore
earninvestsanctionallotraise
- The government sanctioned fifty crore for the new hospital.
worth/of + crore
worth ten crorea deal of 100 crorea budget of 5 crore
- The film had a budget of eighty crore.
crore + unit
lakh crorecrore unitscrore litrescrore tonnes
- The nation produced a crore tonnes of extra grain.
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- India's population is more than one hundred and forty crore.
भारत की जनसंख्या एक सौ चालीस करोड़ से अधिक है।
- One crore equals ten million, or one hundred lakh.
एक करोड़ दस मिलियन, यानी सौ लाख के बराबर है।
- The scheme will help crores of poor families.
यह योजना करोड़ों गरीब परिवारों की मदद करेगी।
- Radhika's father bought the old building for two crore rupees.
राधिका के पिता ने पुरानी इमारत दो करोड़ रुपये में खरीदी।
- The state allotted three crore for repairing the roads.
राज्य ने सड़कों की मरम्मत के लिए तीन करोड़ आवंटित किए।
- The crorepati quiz offers a prize of one crore rupees.
करोड़पति क्विज़ में एक करोड़ रुपये का पुरस्कार है।
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✗ The firm made five crores last year.
✓ The firm made five crore last year.
After a specific number, crore does not take -s.
निश्चित संख्या के बाद 'crore' में -s नहीं लगता।
✗ Crore people watched the match.
✓ Crores of people watched the match.
For an unspecified huge number use crores of; the bare word needs a number.
अनिश्चित बड़ी संख्या के लिए 'crores of' आता है; अकेले 'crore' के साथ संख्या चाहिए।
✗ The bridge cost five crore of rupees.
✓ The bridge cost five crore rupees.
After a number, crore is followed directly by the noun without of.
संख्या के बाद 'crore' के तुरंत बाद noun आता है, बीच में 'of' नहीं।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: one crore equals 100 lakh, that is 10 million, written as 1,00,00,000 in the Indian system.
Usage में एक crore 100 lakh के बराबर है, यानी 10 million, जिसे भारतीय प्रणाली में 1,00,00,000 लिखा जाता है।
After a number, crore usually stays the same, as in 'five crore rupees', though 'crores of rupees' is used for a large unspecified amount.
संख्या के बाद crore आमतौर पर नहीं बदलता, जैसे 'five crore rupees', पर किसी बड़ी अनिश्चित राशि के लिए 'crores of rupees' प्रयोग होता है।