maund

American

[mawnd] / mɔnd /

noun

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).

maund British

/ mɔːnd /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Note *: A maund is equivalent to 80 lbs.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

Wheat is considered dear if less than one maund is sold for the rupee.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

The pucka-beega, two thousand seven hundred and fifty-six square yards, requires one maund of seed of forty seers, of eighty rupees of the King's and Company's coinage the seer.*

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William

Tower ye, yander is the kene, dup the gygger, and maund that is beneshype.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

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