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has gloss	(noun) a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois" maund
has gloss	eng: The maund is the anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India, and also in Afghanistan, Persia and Arabia: the same unit in the Moghul Empire was sometimes written as mun in English, while the equivalent unit in the Ottoman Empire and Central Asia was called the batman. At different times, and in different South Asian localities, the mass of the maund has varied, from as low as 25 pounds (11 kg) to as high as 160 pounds (72½ kg): even greater variation is seen in Persia and Arabia.
lexicalization	eng: maund
subclass of	(noun) a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" weight, weight unit

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