maund

American  

[mawnd] / mɔnd /

noun

1. a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).

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maund British  

/ mɔːnd /

noun

1. a unit of weight used in Asia, esp India, having different values in different localities. A common value in India is 82 pounds or 37 kilograms

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Etymology

Origin of maund

1575–85; < Hindi mān < Sanskrit māna

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Example Sentences

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maund

In such a case, too, his accuser is fined a maund of gold.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

A duty of three annas a maund is paid on exported rice.

From Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 by Evelyn Baring

It may be interesting to describe the journey of, say, a maund of rice from Siliguri to Lhassa on these various forms of transport.

From To Lhassa at Last by Powell Millington

The factory maund is equal to about seventy-eight pounds.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

During the Reign of Queen Victoria the giving of meat and clothes was discontinued, but the poor people still received their dole or maund.

From Holidays & Happy-Days by Hamish Hendry

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