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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
karat

▶noun US spelling of carat (sense 2).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
carat /ˈkarət/

▶noun

1 a unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.

2 (US also karat) a measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

– origin ME: from Fr., from Ital. carato, from Arab. ḳīrāṭ, from Gk keration ‘fruit of the carob’.

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