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   Tal·ent

   /ˈtalənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. natural aptitude or skill: "he possesses more talent than any other player"
   • ▪ people possessing talent: "I signed all the talent in Rome"
   • ▪ people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners: informal British "most Saturday nights I have this urge to go on the hunt for new talent"
   • 2. a former weight and unit of currency, used especially by the ancient Romans and Greeks: "a mighty steed bought from a Thessalian merchant for thirteen talents"

   Word Origin Old Englishtalente, talentan (as a unit of weight), from Latin talenta, plural of talentum ‘weight, sum of money’, from Greek talanton. talent (sense 1) is a figurative use with biblical allusion to the parable of the talents (Matt. 25:14–30).

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