Lakh or million?
The grouping has to match what your payee and their bank read as normal. Selecting a currency sets the usual convention for that market, and you can override it.
- Lakh and crore — India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka. 1250000 becomes Twelve Lakh Fifty Thousand.
- Million — the Gulf and most other markets. The same figure becomes One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand.
The three-decimal currencies
Most currencies are divided into 100. Three in the Gulf are divided into 1,000, so cheque amounts carry three decimal places:
- Kuwaiti dinar — 1,000 fils
- Bahraini dinar — 1,000 fils
- Omani rial — 1,000 baisa
A cheque for KWD 1.250 means one dinar and 250 fils. Written as 1.25 it is a different amount — which is why a converter that only does two decimals cannot be used for these.
Fill the space after the words
Whatever room is left after the amount is where somebody could add to it. Ending with
"Only", or bracketing the amount with **, closes that gap. The tamper-guard
option above does the latter.
More on this in amount in words rules and preventing cheque fraud.
Nothing you type is sent anywhere
This tool runs entirely in your browser. The amount is not submitted, logged or stored — worth knowing, since it is a real payment figure.
