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    Talent , n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. τάλαντον a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to τλῆναι to bear, endure, τολμᾶν, L. tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t., Tolerate.]
    1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae.  The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180 (using 1900 values).
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      Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents.
      Jowett (Thucid.).

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    2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93¾ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916 (ca. 1900).  For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
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    3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.]
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      They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit.
      Chaucer.

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    4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).
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      He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes.
      Dryden.

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      His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular.
      Macaulay.

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      Syn. -- Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius.
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