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lakh

/lak/US // læk //UK // (lɑːk) //

一百万,一百多万,一百万美元,一百万元

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sum of 100,000, especially of rupees. The usual punctuation for sums of Indian money above a lakh is with a comma after the number of lakhs: Rs. 30,52,000 instead of 3,052,000.
    • : an indefinitely large number.

Examples

  • Three months after it rolled out vaccines, the country hit a grim milestone on April 5 when it recorded over a lakh fresh cases with cases surging in states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, and Karnataka among others.

  • If your Majesty leaves behind you the lakh and a half demanded by my partner I shall at least say that which is true.

  • Here was actually a receipt showing that Nur Mahal had given the Feringhi jewels worth a lakh and a half of rupees.

  • There is a trite saying among the Hindoos, that "a matrimonial alliance could not be completed without uttering a lakh of words."

  • The Rajah of Jyneghur offered him a lakh of rupees a day as soon as the grand army should enter his district.

  • If 1000 rupees be required, said the Shah, these persons will ask a pledge in property of a lakh of rupees.