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

Appropriates many words not taught him, tola for "Kohlen," dals for "Salz."

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.

On the wooden board, called tola, the corpse lies stretched; and round it are women, veiled in the blue-black mantle of Corsican costume, moaning and rocking themselves upon their chairs.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

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)

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)