the basic monetary unit of Bangladesh see Money Table
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Similarly, the off-dock container freight station storage fee will increase from 29 taka (24 cents) to 45 taka (37 cents).—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 July 2025 Trade unions and campaigners are calling for the minimum wage to be raised to 23,000 taka ($208 USD) a month to cover basic needs.—Emily Chan, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2023 The family eventually paid a ransom of 300,000 taka ($2,800) to get him back — a fortune in the camps.—Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023 Baher had to pay 300,000 Bangladeshi taka, or about $2,804, right away.—Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for taka
Word History
Etymology
Bengali ṭākā rupee, taka, from Sanskrit ṭaṅka stamped coin
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