noun

1. any of various large units of weight or of money (the value of a talent weight in gold, silver, etc.) used in ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle East, etc.
2. any natural ability or power; natural endowment
3. a superior, apparently natural ability in the arts or sciences or in the learning or doing of anything
4. people collectively, or a person, with talent to encourage young talent

Etymology: ME < OE talente < L talentum, a coin, orig., unit of weight < Gr talanton, a unit of money, weight, orig., a balance < IE base *tel-, to lift up, weigh, bear > tolerate: senses 2-4 from the parable of the talents (Matt: 25:14-30)