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# lac

noun (lac, lacs)

«lac» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lac is a sum of one hundred thousand (100,000), used for large amounts of money in India. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lac/#m1)
2. A lac is a sticky red resin made by insects and used to make varnish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lac/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales a lac is a huge sum of money given as a reward for a wise word

### Examples

- He offered her a lac of rupees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lac/#x1)
- A lac is a hundred thousand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lac/#x2)
- The wise man was paid a lac of rupees for his advice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lac/#x3)

### Note

a lac is 100,000, so it multiplies: 2 lacs means 200,000, and it is a large unit, not a small count

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lac» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lac/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lac» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lac.html) on Mova free.