करोड़

Karod (Sanskrit koṭi) means "ten million"—100 lakhs, 10,000,000. The word may derive from koṭi, "point" or "edge"—the highest point of counting.

The crore is central to Indian public life. Government budgets are in crores. Cricket contracts are in crores. Corruption scandals are in crores.

British English adopted "crore" but it never naturalized outside South Asia. Western readers still stumble over it, needing mental translation.

The persistence of crore alongside million/billion is a marker of Indian linguistic independence.