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# taka

«taka» in Mova's school dictionary: **the money of Bangladesh; one taka is made of 100 poisha** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a taka, taka)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The taka is the money of Bangladesh; one taka is made of 100 poisha. Its symbol is ৳ and its code is BDT. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#m1)

2) (Bengali) «Taka» in Bengali also simply means money or a rupee-like coin; it is not an English word in that sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons on world currencies and exchange rates, and in geography lessons about Bangladesh, the taka appears in shopping problems. Phrases: «fifty taka», «Bangladeshi taka».

### examples

- In Dhaka, a cup of tea costs only a few taka. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#x1)
- The taka is the money of Bangladesh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#x2)
- A taka is divided into 100 poisha. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#x3)
- If one pound is worth 140 taka, then 3 pounds are worth 420 taka. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#x4)
- The banknote showed the Bangladeshi flag and said taka. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#x5)
- Our worksheet compared prices in taka, rupees and dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/#x6)

### note

Plural usually «taka» (ten taka). Said «TAH-kah». In money problems, use the rate given and multiply or divide.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «taka» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taka/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.