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Definition of Maund
1. Noun. A unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries. "The official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"
Definition of Maund
1. n. A hand basket.
2. n. An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
3. v. i. To beg.
Definition of Maund
1. Noun. A wicker basket. ¹
2. Noun. A unit of capacity with various specific local values. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A unit of weight in southern and western Asia, whose value varied widely by location. Two maunds made one chest of opium in East India. One maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in Turkey. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) begging ¹
5. Verb. (archaic) to beg ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maund
1. an Asian unit of weight [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maund
Literary usage of Maund
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter, Herbert Hope Risley, Hermann Michael Kisch (1877)
"8. o per maund (175. gd. per hundredweight). No information is given as to the
price of rice in 1859. In 1870 the rates were—for best cleaned and husked ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"You must hereafter maund on your own pads, he says. ... In Madras the maund is
24 pounds ounces, in Bombay 2» pounds avoirdupois. Many other mauti.lt are In ..."
3. A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679 by Thomas Bowrey (1905)
"Graine, butter, Oyle, or any liquid thinge, all the River of Hugly over, allows
but 68 pound to the maund. The maund, bigg or little, is Equally divided ..."
4. A Statistical Account of Assam by William Wilson Hunter (1879)
"8d. a hundredweight; and in 1870 it was still Rs. 5 a maund, or 13s. ... The best
cleaned rice grown in the District sold at Rs. 2 a maund or 5s. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: With Notes and by Great Britain Court of Chancery (1847)
"And between JOHN maund, Plaintiff; and ANNE ALLIES AND HARVEY ALLIES, Defendants.
1839 : March 37 ; April 13. A plaintiff although appointed receiver in the ..."
6. The Asiatic Annual Register: Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of edited by Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel (1804)
"noni, price 100 o oo Mace, per Ib. no demand 7 2 oo of 44 seers, no demand
nominally — 10 o oo Almonds, per Surat maund of Cefl'ee Mocha, per Sur. ..."
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