hundredweight

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n. pl. hundredweight or hun·dred·weights Abbr. cwt

1. A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System equal to 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms). Also called cental, short hundredweight.

2. A unit of weight in the British Imperial System equal to 112 pounds (50.80 kilograms). Also called quintal.

hundredweight [ˈhʌndrədˌweɪt]

n pl -weights, -weight

1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Also called long hundredweight Brit a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802 35 kilograms

2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Also called short hundredweight US and Canadian a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359 24 kilograms

3. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Also called metric hundredweight a metric unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms Abbreviation (for senses 1, 2) cwt

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Noun	1.	hundredweight - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram centner - in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms quintal - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
	2.	hundredweight - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds cental, cwt, short hundredweight, quintal, centner avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) net ton, short ton, ton - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
	3.	hundredweight - a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds long hundredweight, cwt quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights gross ton, long ton, ton - a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds

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hundredweight [ˈhʌndrɪdweɪt] N (Brit) = 112 libras = 50.8 kilogramos; (approx) → quintal m (US) = 100 libras = 45.4 kilogramos

hundredweight

n → Zentner m; (Brit) → 50,8 kg; (US) → 45,4 kg

hundredweight [ˈhʌndrɪdˌweɪt] n (Brit) (112 lb) → 50.8 kg (Am) (100 lb) → 45.3 kg

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avoirdupois unit
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cental
Cental system
centner
cwt
doppelzentner
gross ton
Imperial capacity unit
kentledge
kilderkin
long hundredweight
long ton
metric hundredweight
metric weight unit
net ton
quarter
quartered
quartering

"Yes, yes, too heavy," he said; "but that's not my fault; the foreman came just as we were starting, and would have three hundredweight more put on to save him trouble, and I must get on with it as well as I can.

Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context

I reckoned that the haul had brought in more than nine hundredweight of fish.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context

Every pound lost, would have been a hundredweight of happiness gained.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context

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