Meaning of lakh | Babel Free

Definitions

One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.

Myanmar, South-Asia

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Examples

“Holonym: crore”

“They ſay the VVorld ſhall laſt foure Ages; or VVorlds, vvhereof three are paſt. The firſt laſted ſeuenteene Laches (euery Laches containeth a hundred thouſand yeares) and 28000 yeares. Men in that VVorld liued tenne thouſand yeares, vvere of great ſtature of bodie, and great ſinceritie of minde.”

“[T]he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas [a unit of currency]; he does in the Nabob's name⟳ desire that the Governor of Madras would receive⟳ jewels and money to that amount into his custody, […]”

“[S]he had gone out to India to keep⟳ house for her expensive, raffish father, and she had lived there in splendid style even after her marriage to a penniless young man, her father's aide-de-camp, […] But they were both killed in the same engagement against Tippoo Sahib, her father owing ten lakhs of rupees and her husband nearly half that sum.”

“After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have⟳ arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.”

“According to data published in WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record⟳, India's annualised non-polio AFP rate for 2011 stood at 15.06 per one lakh children below 15 years of age, compared to a global rate that year of 5.48.”

“Tamil Nadu is the second biggest market for small business credit, accounting for 9.3% of the national total, as per a joint report⟳ by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and credit bureau CRIF High Mark⟳. As of June 30, 2025, Tamil Nadu had an outstanding small business credit portfolio of about ₹4.21 lakh crore, up 15.7% from ₹3.64 lakh crore as of June 30 2024, the report⟳ said. Maharashtra remained the largest market with ₹6.0 lakh crore in outstanding credit, while Tamil Nadu, Gujarat (₹3.69 lakh crore), Uttar Pradesh (₹3.61 lakh crore), and Karnataka (₹3.18 lakh crore) round out the top five by portfolio size. Uttar Pradesh registered highest outstanding portfolio growth of 20.7% on a year-on-year basis. The report⟳ defines "Small Business" as those businesses that have⟳ an aggregated credit exposure not exceeding ₹5 crore from the formal lending system.”

“GST [Goods and Services Tax] simplification will do good for sellers and buyers, said Samir Kumar, Country Manager, Amazon India […] Amazon said it is updating its systems with the revised GST codes for sellers to move⟳ to the new tax structure⟳ […] Amazon said it has over 17 lakh sellers on its platform and around 2,000 last⟳ mile delivery stations across the country.”

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