■ noun
1》 natural aptitude or skill.
↘people possessing natural aptitude or skill.
↘ Brit. informal people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners.
2》 a former weight and unit of currency used by the ancient Romans and Greeks.
Derivatives
~less adjective
Origin
OE ~e , ~an (as a unit of weight), from L. ~a , plural of ~um 'weight, sum of money', from Gk talanton .