[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

talent \tal"ent\ ta^l"ent, n. f., fr. l. talentum a talent
   in sense 1, gr. ta`lanton a balance, anything weighed, a
   definite weight, a talent; akin to tlh^nai to bear, endure,
   tolma^n, l. tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure.
   see thole, v. t., tolerate.
   1. among the ancient greeks, a weight and a denomination of
      money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. the attic
      talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
      denomination of silver money, its value was pounds243
      15s. sterling, or about $1,180 using 1900 values.
      1913 webster

            rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five
            hundred talents.                      --jowett
                                                  thucid..
      1913 webster

   2. among the hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. for
      silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight
      was equal to about 933/4 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
      denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at
      from pounds340 to pounds396 sterling, or about $1,645
      to $1,916 ca. 1900. for gold it was equal to 10,000 gold
      shekels.
      1913 webster

   3. inclination; will; disposition; desire. obs.
      1913 webster

            they rather counseled you to your talent than to
            your profit.                          --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   4. intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental
      endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special
      gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty;
      a use of the word probably originating in the scripture
      parable of the talents --matt. xxv. 14-30.
      1913 webster

            he is chiefly to be considered in his three
            different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a
            writer of odes.                       --dryden.
      1913 webster

            his talents, his accomplishments, his graceful
            manners, made him generally popular.  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   syn: ability; faculty; gift; endowment. see genius.
        1913 webster
see also:
thole tolerate genius 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

talent
     n 1: natural qualities or talents syn: endowment, gift, natural
          endowment
     2: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field
        or activity
see also:
endowment gift natural endowment 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

123 moby thesaurus words for "talent":
   geist, muse, ability, ableness, acuity, acuteness, adequacy,
   adroitness, afflatus, aptitude, aptness, art, artistic skill,
   artistry, arty-craftiness, bent, braininess, brightness,
   brilliance, bump, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity,
   child prodigy, clear thinking, cleverness, competence, craft,
   creative thought, creativity, daemon, daimonion, demon, dexterity,
   divine afflatus, dower, dowry, efficacy, efficiency, endowment,
   equipment, esprit, expertise, facility, faculty, fire of genius,
   fitness, flair, forte, genius, gift, gifted child, gifted person,
   giftedness, gifts, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, instinct,
   intellectual genius, intellectual prodigy, keen-wittedness,
   keenness, knack, long suit, makings, man of parts,
   mental alertness, mental genius, mental giant, mercurial mind,
   metier, native cleverness, natural, natural endowment,
   natural gift, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nose,
   nous, parts, penchant, potential, power, powers, predilection,
   predisposition, proclivity, prodigy, proficiency, propensity,
   qualification, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit,
   quick-wittedness, quickness, ready wit, savvy, set,
   sharp-wittedness, sharpness, skill, smartness, smarts, soul,
   speciality, spirit, sprightly wit, strength, strong flair,
   strong point, sufficiency, susceptibility, talents, tendency,
   the goods, the stuff, turn, virtu, what it takes

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

talent
   of silver contained 3,000 shekels ex. 38:25, 26, and was equal
   to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. the greek talent, however, as in the
   lxx., was only 82 1/4 lbs. it was in the form of a circular
   mass, as the hebrew name _kikkar_ denotes. a talent of gold was
   double the weight of a talent of silver 2 sam. 12:30. parable
   of the talents matt. 18:24; 25:15.
   

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

talent, or city, fips 72500
  location: 42.24013 n, 122.78096 w
  population 1990: 3274 1438 housing units
  area: 2.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 97540

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

talent, or -- u.s. city in oregon
   population 2000:    5589
   housing units 2000: 2420
   land area 2000:     1.260615 sq. miles 3.264977 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.260615 sq. miles 3.264977 sq. km
   fips code:            72500
   located within:       oregon or, fips 41
   location:             42.239985 n, 122.782100 w
   zip codes 1990:     97540
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    talent, or
    talent

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