How to pronounce talent in English
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"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."
"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 93/ 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. For gold it was equal to 10 000 gold shekels."
"Inclination; will; disposition; desire."
"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)."