plural crores also crore
: ten million
specifically
: a unit of value equal to ten million rupees or 100 lakhs
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Unpaid credit card bills overdue by 3–12 months rose by 44% to over ₹33,000 crore ($387.3 million) by March 2025.
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 11 Jan. 2026
India‘s JioHotstar today unveiled 25 original titles from the south of the country that will cost more than ₹4,000 crore ($445M).
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
In August, Sourcing Journal reported that Janata Bank planned to reschedule defaulted loans totaling roughly 35,000 crore taka, or $2.9 billion, to help with Beximco’s reopening.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Nov. 2025
That scale and its popularity with customers online caught the attention of Unilever's Indian arm, which in January this year acquired Minimalist for 2,706 crore rupees, valuing it at over five times its annual revenue.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 11 Jan. 2026
India‘s JioHotstar today unveiled 25 original titles from the south of the country that will cost more than ₹4,000 crore ($445M).
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
In August, Sourcing Journal reported that Janata Bank planned to reschedule defaulted loans totaling roughly 35,000 crore taka, or $2.9 billion, to help with Beximco’s reopening.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Nov. 2025
That scale and its popularity with customers online caught the attention of Unilever's Indian arm, which in January this year acquired Minimalist for 2,706 crore rupees, valuing it at over five times its annual revenue.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Crore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crore. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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