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hundredweight
n.
unit of measure equaling 100 pounds
Hundredweight
The
hundredweight (abbreviation:
cwt), formerly also known as the
centum weight or
quintal, is an
English,
imperial, and
US customary unit of
weight or
mass of various values. Its present value continues to differ between the American and imperial systems. The two values are distinguished in
American English as the "short" and "long" hundredweight and in
British English as the "cental" and the "hundredweight".
hundredweight
Noun
1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
(synonym) metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner
(hypernym) metric weight unit, weight unit
(part-holonym) quintal
(part-meronym) centner
2. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
(synonym) cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
(hypernym) avoirdupois unit
(part-holonym) short ton, ton, net ton
(part-meronym) quarter
3. a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
(synonym) cwt, long hundredweight
(hypernym) avoirdupois unit
(part-holonym) long ton, ton, gross ton
(part-meronym) quarter
hundredweight
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