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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.]
   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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   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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   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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   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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