Lakh vs Lac - What's the difference?
lakh | lac | Alternative forms |
(India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong) One hundred thousand. Often used with units of money.
* 1972 , Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West Indies
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* 2013 January 3, N. Gopal Raj, “Polio free does not mean paralysis free” [http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/polio-free-does-not-mean-paralysis-free/article4266043.ece], The Hindu
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca , a scale-shaped insect.
(slang) Short for Cadillac.
* 1992 , Big Mello, Bone Hard Zaggin , Rap-A-Lot Records, track 5. "Mac's Drive 'Lac's"
Lac is a alternative form of lakh.
As a numeral lakh
is one hundred thousand. Often used with units of money.As a noun lac is
a resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect.lakh
English
Alternative forms
* lacNumeral
(en noun)- But they were both killed in the same engagement against Tippoo Sahib, her father owing ten lakhs of rupees and her husband nearly half that sum.
- After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.
- According to data published in WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record, India’s annualised non-polio AFP rate for 2011 stood at 15.06 per one lakh children below 15 years of age, compared to a global rate that year of 5.48.
See also
* crore * mohurlac
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) from (etyl) .Noun
Derived terms
* Ceylon lac * lac dye * lac lake * Mexican lac * seedlac * shellac * sticklacEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* lakhEtymology 3
From Cadillac.Noun
(en noun)- Last night I was driving around in my lac .
- Macs drive lacs .
