المعنى الاصطلاحي :

Anything whose quantity is determined by counting and calculation.

الشرح المختصر :

"Ma‘dūdāt" (countables) are those things whose quantity can be measured by counting the number of units which they comprise. "Ma‘dūdāt" are of two categories: 1. Similar "ma‘dūdāt": These are things that are similar to each other in value without significant dissimilarities that would cause a difference in the value of each individual unit; e.g. a carton of eggs is a "ma‘dūd" whose quantity is known by counting the eggs it holds, without the need to know the value of each egg separately. 2. Dissimilar "ma‘dūdāt": These are things whose units are dissimilar from each other such that there is a difference in the value of each unit; e.g. a flock of sheep is a dissimilar "ma‘dūd". To calculate its price, it is needed to know both the number of sheep and the individual value of each head.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر :

"Ma‘dūdāt" (sing. ma‘dood): Derived from "‘adad", which means the amount of anything countable in terms of the number of its individual units.