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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tael
any of various units of weight in the Far East.

2. tael
a former Chinese money of account equal in value to a tael of silver.

Etymology: (1580–90; < Pg < Malay tahil liang)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tael
a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tael
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

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1. 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 The customs tael, equivalent in value to about 4s 9d., has been superseded by the new dollar of 1890, which is equal to that of the United States.

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