Quantity & Count

Traditional counting units like dozens, grosses, scores, and historical tallies used in trade.

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Traditional counting units like dozens, grosses, scores, and historical tallies used in trade.

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Brace

A traditional counting term denoting a pair of items or animals, derived from what can be held in both arms.

2 units

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Dicker

A historical English commercial tally of exactly ten items, widely used for hides, skins, and gloves.

10 units

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Score (Quantity)

The classic British counting unit of 20, historically tracked by carving notches into wooden tally sticks.

20 units

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Dozen (doz)

A staple grouping unit of 12 derived from the duodecimal counting system.

12 units

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Baker's Dozen

The classic British protective buffer (12+1) used by medieval tradesmen to guarantee compliance with royal market laws.

13 units

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Chapman’s Dozen

A 13-unit trade bonus or wholesale allowance used by travelling peddlers and hawkers.

13 units

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Timber

A fur trade unit designating a bundle of 40 pelts, commonly used for luxury furs like ermine.

40 pelts

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Long Hundred / Great Hundred

An old Germanic counting convention where a "hundred" officially meant 120.

120 units

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Gross (gro)

A wholesale quantity representing a dozen dozens (144 units) for counting small goods.

144 units (12 dozen)

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Small Gross

A specialised wholesale count equal to 10 dozen (120 units).

120 units

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Great Gross

A master wholesale unit equal to twelve gross (1,728 units), used for micro-hardware like pins and nails.

1,728 units (12 gross / 144 dozen)

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