carat

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A pristine 4-carat diamond that went for $70,000 per carat is now selling for $51,700 per carat -- a 26\% discount.

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  1. noun A unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams.
  2. noun Variant of karat.

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  • This year, the Tokyo Tower celebrates its 50th anniversary; to commemorate this momentous occasion, jeweler Ginza Tanaka has created a miniature 24-carat replica called the Golden Tokyo Tower. —  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
  • It is 18 carat, and so the calculation works out to be $1.7 million per carat. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The higher the carat, the more expensive the diamond would be. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • A pristine 4-carat diamond that went for $70,000 per carat is now selling for $51,700 per carat -- a 26\% discount. —  Forbes.com: News
  • The most unusual discovery involved a dark and rough 35-carat diamond a broker purchased for the equivalent of $40 a carat, Kampf said. —  Daily Breeze Most Viewed
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin quarātus, from Arabic qīrāṭ, weight of four grains, from Greek kerātion, a weight, diminutive of keras, kerāt-, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.
 

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