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hundredweight

DEFINITIONS OF: hundredweight

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n a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

Synonyms:
cental, centner, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight
Type of:
avoirdupois unit
any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights

n a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

Synonyms:
cwt, long hundredweight
Type of:
avoirdupois unit
any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights

n a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Synonyms:
centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight
Type of:
metric weight unit, weight unit
a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
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