17,000 in words
17,000 (written as 17,000 with Indian commas) is Seventeen thousand in the Indian numbering system and Seventeen thousand in the international system. In Hindi: सत्रह हज़ार रुपये.
How to write 17,000 on a cheque
Write "Rupees Seventeen thousand Only" on the amount line and draw a line after it; write 17,000/- in the box. Banks accept "and" or hyphens either way, but the words must match the figures exactly.
Why two spellings?
India groups digits in lakh (1,00,000) and crore (1,00,00,000) after the first thousand, so 17,000 reads "seventeen thousand". The international system groups in thousands, millions and billions, giving "seventeen thousand". Both mean the same amount.
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