Thesaurus: tael

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1. n. A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.
2. n. a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
3. A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.] TAEN; TA'EN Taen, or Ta'en, p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken. [Poetic & Scot.] Burns.
4. A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillingssterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of oneounce and a third. [Written also tale.]
5. n. a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces