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A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135/ lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133/ lbs.; in Japan, 133/ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese,…
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- n. A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135/ lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133/ lbs.; in Japan, 133/ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan.
- n. a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
- n. a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)