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A billion is called arab (ارب), and one hundred billion/arab is called a kharab (کھرب). Lakh has entered the Swahili language as "laki" and is in common use. Formal written publications in English in India tend to use lakh/crore for Indian currency and International numbering for foreign currencies. [7]
A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50, 2,50€ and 2 50.
Symbol Name Currency Notes Unicode ؋ Af ⁄ Afs: afghani Afghan afghani: Af is the singular and Afs is the plural U+060B ؋ AFGHANI SIGN: Ar: ariary Malagasy ariary [1] ฿ baht Thai baht: Also B when ฿ is unavailable U+0E3F ฿ THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT: B/. balboa Panamanian balboa: Br: birr Ethiopian birr ₿ bitcoin Bitcoin ...
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly ...
As noted above, the strange space after the rupee sign when dealing with billions of rupees is gone. As noted above also, the new rupee sign, ₹, is used whether you're linking or not. Again as noted above, the the rupee sign is now linked (except, of course, when linking is off). "Lakh" is also now linked. The cent sign has been delinked.
For example, in English, 4 rupees 6 anas and 8 pies would be written "Rs. 4-6-8". (Note the three-part notation is similar to £pounds,shillings/pence in pre-decimal British currency.) The same quantity in Devanagari was written ४꠰꠴꠸꠱꠴ ( 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 2 ⁄ 16 R 2 ⁄ 4 2 ⁄ 12 , the ४=4 here is Devanagari, the other symbols were ...
The Indian rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency in the Republic of India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise ( Hindi plural; singular: paisa ). The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India .
Indian rupee symbol in graphic form. The new sign is a combination of the Devanagari letter र ("ra") and the Latin capital letter R without its vertical bar. The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) makes an allusion to the tricolour Indian flag and also depict an equality sign that symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity.