NOUN
- a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
How To Use troy weight In A Sentence
- Gold is measured using troy weights (as opposed to the more familiar avoirdupois weights): 24 grains make a pennyweight, and 20 pennyweights make a 31.1-gram troy ounce.
- Gold is measured using troy weights (as opposed to the more familiar avoirdupois weights): 24 grains make a pennyweight, and 20 pennyweights make a 31.1-gram troy ounce.
- The weight of the gold extracted from the ore calaverite (Calaveras County, California) might be expressed in troy weight, after Troyes, France, a mercantile center where weight standards were established. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4