lakh
/lak
/ /lɑːk /(also lac)
noun (plural lakhs, same) Indian
A hundred thousand: they fixed the price at five lakhs of rupees...
- If you calculate the whole thing then this graft works out to thousands and lakhs of rupees.
- This minor aberration had made Kachori richer by a few hundred lakhs.
- Two hundred lakhs have been given to Kandy and two hundred and fifty lakhs to develop Kalutara and Ratnapura.
Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit lakṣa.
Rhymes
- waterstead
- water stick insect
- water stock
- water stoma
- water stone
- water stop
- water stream
- water stress
- water strider
- water-swallow
- water system
- water table
- water tablet
- water tabling
- water-target
- water taxi
- water telescope
- water therapy
- water thermometer
- water thief
- waterthrush
- water thyme
- water tick
- water tiger
- watertight