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taka|ˈtɑːkə|
Also Taka; pl. (-s).
[a. Bengali tākā.]
The basic monetary unit of Bangladesh, equivalent to one hundred paise; also, a banknote of this value.
Quot. 1975 illustrates the idiomatic use of taka with crore (= 10 million).
1972Guardian 22 Aug. 10/4 The Bangladesh taka, officially at par with the Indian rupee, is being freely offered..at 40 per cent discount. 1975Bangladesh Times 21 July 1/3 He said if the factory could produce..30,000 tons of pulp annually that would meet the home demand as well as fetch about Taka six crore in foreign exchange by exporting pulp abroad. To meet with home demand..Bangladesh now had to import pulp worth seven to eight crore Taka annually. 1976M. S. Hoque Hunger i. i. 7 Nuribow opens the knot at the corner of her sari, takes a Taka therefrom and pays. 1976Sci. Amer. Oct. 32/1–2 (caption) The Bengali writing offers a ‘250-taka prize’ (about $17) to anyone who reports a smallpox case to a health office. 1979Church Times 26 Oct. 13/1 Until two years ago, the family's income consisted entirely of Appavo's wage—a princely thirty takas a week (about a pound). |