The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Talent \Tal"ent\ (t[a^]l"ent), n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent
   (in sense 1), Gr. ta`lanton a balance, anything weighed, a
   definite weight, a talent; akin to tlh^nai to bear, endure,
   tolma^n, L. tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure.
   See Thole, v. t., Tolerate.]
   1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of
      money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic
      talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
      denomination of silver money, its value was [pounds]243
      15s. sterling, or about $1,180 (using 1900 values).
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            Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five
            hundred talents.                      --Jowett
                                                  (Thucid.).
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   2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For
      silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight
      was equal to about 933/4 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
      denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at
      from [pounds]340 to [pounds]396 sterling, or about $1,645
      to $1,916 (ca. 1900). For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold
      shekels.
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   3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.]
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            They rather counseled you to your talent than to
            your profit.                          --Chaucer.
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   4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental
      endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special
      gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty;
      a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture
      parable of the talents (--Matt. xxv. 14-30).
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            He is chiefly to be considered in his three
            different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a
            writer of odes.                       --Dryden.
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            His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful
            manners, made him generally popular.  --Macaulay.
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   Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

talent
    n 1: natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift,
         talent, natural endowment]
    2: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field
       or activity

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

123 Moby Thesaurus words for "talent":
   Geist, Muse, ability, ableness, acuity, acuteness, adequacy,
   adroitness, afflatus, aptitude, aptness, art, artistic skill,
   artistry, arty-craftiness, bent, braininess, brightness,
   brilliance, bump, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity,
   child prodigy, clear thinking, cleverness, competence, craft,
   creative thought, creativity, daemon, daimonion, demon, dexterity,
   divine afflatus, dower, dowry, efficacy, efficiency, endowment,
   equipment, esprit, expertise, facility, faculty, fire of genius,
   fitness, flair, forte, genius, gift, gifted child, gifted person,
   giftedness, gifts, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, instinct,
   intellectual genius, intellectual prodigy, keen-wittedness,
   keenness, knack, long suit, makings, man of parts,
   mental alertness, mental genius, mental giant, mercurial mind,
   metier, native cleverness, natural, natural endowment,
   natural gift, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nose,
   nous, parts, penchant, potential, power, powers, predilection,
   predisposition, proclivity, prodigy, proficiency, propensity,
   qualification, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit,
   quick-wittedness, quickness, ready wit, savvy, set,
   sharp-wittedness, sharpness, skill, smartness, smarts, soul,
   speciality, spirit, sprightly wit, strength, strong flair,
   strong point, sufficiency, susceptibility, talents, tendency,
   the goods, the stuff, turn, virtu, what it takes



Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Talent
   of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal
   to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the
   LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular
   mass, as the Hebrew name _kikkar_ denotes. A talent of gold was
   double the weight of a talent of silver (2 Sam. 12:30). Parable
   of the talents (Matt. 18:24; 25:15).


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Talent, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
   Population (2000):    5589
   Housing Units (2000): 2420
   Land area (2000):     1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            72500
   Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
   Location:             42.239985 N, 122.782100 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     97540
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Talent, OR
    Talent