noun. In British India: Subsistence-money given to soldiers, witnesses, prisoners, and others. An allowance in addition to their pay originally made to troops serving in the field.

noun. In British India, agio; discount; difference of exchange.

noun. Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.

noun. Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins.

noun. An exchange rate.

noun. The discount on uncurrent coins.

"It may be doubted whether one of these retrenchments, involving a strict revision of officers 'allowances known as "batta," was considerable enough to be worth the almost mutinous discontent which it provoked."

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