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battas

battas is the plural of batta.

Meaning of batta

Noun

batta (countable and uncountable, plural battas)

  1. (India, dated) An exchange rate.
  2. (India, dated) The discount on uncurrent coins.
  3. (India, dated) Extra pay; especially an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
    • On the day previous to their entry into the place, the men had shown a spirit of insubordination, refusing to proceed until some promise was given that they should get their extra battas.The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China, and Australasia (volume 28)

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Noun capitalized: Battas

Battas

  1. (plural) plural of Batta.

Proper noun capitalized: Battas

Battas

  1. (plural) plural of Batta.

Questions about battas

What is battas the plural of?
Battas is the plural of batta.
What part of speech is battas?
Battas can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near battas in the dictionary

  1. battalioning
  2. battalions
  3. battallion
  4. battallions
  5. Battambang
  6. battas
  7. Batte
  8. Batteast
  9. Batteasts
  10. batteau
  11. batteaux

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Adapted from Wiktionary: battas (page history and authors); Battas (page history and authors); batta (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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