an official who is in charge of collecting revenue from a village on behalf of the government; a man who works so on contract basis.

the act of reducing the size; an abridging.

the amount by which a sum of money is less than the required amount, esp. an excess of liabilities over assets, of losses over profits or of expenditure over income.

the urine of a cow.

the Supreme God.

one of the Dravidian languages, spoken by a tribe in Nīlagiri hills, in Tamil Naḍu.

a man belonging to that tribe.

= ಖೋತ1.

ಖೋತಾ ಆಯವ್ಯಯ khōtā āyavyaya the practice of seeking to stimulate a nation's economy by increasing government expenditures beyond revenue sources, which is financed by borrowing; deficit financing; deficit budget.

= ಕೋತ್ತು.

the act of reducing, abridging.

the amount by which a sum of money is less than the required amount; specif., an excess of liabilities over assets, of losses over profits or of expenditure over income.

= ಕೋತ2.

ಕೋತಾ ಆಯವ್ಯಯ kōtā āyavyaya the practice of seeking to stimulate a nation's economy by increasing government expenditures beyond revenue sources, which is financed by borrowing; deficit financing; deficit budget; ಕೋತಾ ಬಜೆಟ್ಟು kotā bajeṭṭu = ಕೋತಾ ಆಯವ್ಯಯ.

a dip or turning upside down (as of a bird, paper-kite, etc.).

the fact or an instance of a business incurring loss.

(fig.) a failure in an examination.