Definitions for taelteɪl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
taelteɪl(n.)
Category: Weights and Measures
Ref: liang. 1
any of various units of weight in the Far East.
Category: Weights and Measures
a former Chinese money of account equal in value to a tael of silver.
Origin of tael:
1580–90; < Pg < Malay tahil liang
Princeton's WordNet
tael(noun)
a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
Wiktionary
tael(Noun)
Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
tael(Noun)
Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
tael(Noun)
leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (u65A4) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
Webster Dictionary
Tael(noun)
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
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Tael
a Chinese money of account of varying local value, and rising and falling with the price of silver, but may be approximately valued at between 6s. and 5s. 6d. The customs tael, equivalent in value to about 4s 9d., has been superseded by the new dollar of 1890, which is equal to that of the United States.
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