||Bat"ta (băt/"tȧ), n. [Hind.
baṭṭa.] Rate of exchange; also, the discount on
uncurrent coins. [India]
||Bat"ta (băt"tȧ), n. [Prob.
through Pg. for Canarese bhatta rice in the husk.] Extra pay;
esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
Whitworth.