THE WORD TALENT IN THE STORY TO MEANT A UNIT OF MONEY. WHAT IS ITS Meaning IN DAILY USE.
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Answer The word "talent' is derived from the Greek word 'talanton', which means "balance, sum, weight," was an unit of weight, in gold and silver, which was used as a legal tender in the trading transactions of that era.
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A talent (Latin: talentum, from Ancient Greek: τάλαντον "scale, balance") is an ancient unit of mass. ... When used as a measure of money, it refers to a talent-weight of gold or of silver. The gold talent is reported as weighing roughly the same as a person, and so perhaps 50 kg (>110 lb avoirdupois
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