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Kiwi wrote: Yes, and how much is a lac of silver worth?
Going back to our friends the French, a lac of silver in that language (i.e. a lake) would be worth a LOT. The Indian word is lakh, which means 100,000, and is used to denote quantities of rupees (e.g. 50 lakhs of rupees).
BTW - my first ever use of markup, thanks to the advice in the FAQ and a suggestion from Marty to read it!
p.s. - just found an alternative spellling of this as lac - for the same numerical definition. Can also mean simply a great number: what a lakh (certainly no lack) of wordies on this board!
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