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tical

[ ti-kahl, -kawl, tee-kuhl ]

noun

plural ticals, tical.
  1. a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.


tical

/ tɪˈkɑːl; -ˈkɔːl; ˈtiːkəl /

noun

  1. the former standard monetary unit of Thailand, replaced by the baht in 1928
  2. a unit of weight, formerly used in Thailand, equal to about half an ounce or 14 grams
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tical1

1655–65; < Thai < Portuguese < Malay tikal
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tical1

C17: via Siamese and Portuguese from Malay tikal monetary unit
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Example Sentences

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A recent report misspelled the word "tical," an archaic unit of mass equivalent to about 16 grams or half an ounce.

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This is widely admitted in the U.S., where the impediments to disarmament are being seen more and more as economic, poli­tical and emotional in origin rather than as based on operational military consid­erations.

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This chief justice is called Coytoro tical carnaver; he has his lieutenants in all the villages, to whom he farms the administration of justice: that is to say, the fines, not capital penalties.

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Now a team of psychologists and poli­tical scientists at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln report that whereas liberals do just that, conservatives do not.

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And when I approached her owners they offered no objections to earning a few-score extra ticals by extending her itinerary so as to drop me at the tiny Cambodian port of Kep.

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