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Definition of troy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

troy

noun

/trɔɪ/

/trɔɪ/

[uncountable]

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a system for measuring precious metals and precious stones
Word Originlate Middle English: from a weight used at the fair of Troyes, a town in northern France.

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