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Meanings of carat or karat:

In the gem business:

* Carat (mass) is a unit of mass for gems. In the United States, carat almost exclusively means the unit of mass.
* Carat (purity) or karat is a unit of purity for gold. In the United States, karat almost exclusively means the unit of purity.
In entertainment:
* Carat (board game) is an abstract tile laying German style board game designed by Dirk Henn.
* Karat is the name of a rock band from the former East Germany, which is now named K...!.
Other:
* Prakash Karat (pronounced cur aht) is the surname of a General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
* Karat (fruit) is a variety of banana found in the Pacific Islands.
* Karat (airline) is an airline in Russia.

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