tola

American  

[toh-lah] / ˈtoʊ lɑ /

noun

1. a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.

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tola British  

/ ˈtəʊlə /

noun

1. a unit of weight, used in India, the eightieth part of a ser and equal to 180 grains

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Etymology

Origin of tola

1605–15; < Hindi tolā ≪ Sanskrit tolaka

Example Sentences

What he really yearns for is a compromise already offered by his company: a long-term operating contract for the companies, after which the properties would revert in tola to Mexico.

From Time Magazine Archive

In some factories the night closes with a grand dance by all the inhabitants of the dangur tola.

From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James

So I ran on to the tola where an uncle and aunt of mine lived.

From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Bompas, Cecil Henry

In Bombay the latter are known as the Akarmāshes or 11 māshas, meaning that as twelve māshas make a tola, a twelfth part of them is alloy.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The tola is a rupee’s weight, or two-fifths of an ounce.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)