BATTA

Etymology

Noun

batta (countable and uncountable, plural battas)

(India, dated) An exchange rate.

(India, dated) The discount on uncurrent coins.

(India, dated) Extra pay; especially an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.

Tha Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China, and Australasia (volume 28)

Anagrams

• at bat, at-bat

Source: Wiktionary


Bat"ta, n. Etym: [Prob. through Pg. for Canarese bhatta rice in the husk.]

Definition: Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

Bat"ta, n. Etym: [Hind. ba.]

Definition: Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. [India]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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