A bale or bundle of a single commodity (such as wool, cloth, fur, etc.); any of various measures of weight or quantity, definite or indefinite, used…

(Used with more or less precision as a measure of quantity.)

As a measure of various commodities (the single articles or parts being sometimes compared to fingers). A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

A package used for spices or other dry goods imported from South Asia; a unit of weight, of varying value, used for such goods.