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hundredweight Noun pl -weights or -weight 1. Brit a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802kg 2. US & Canad a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359kg 3. a metric unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms
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Translations hundredweight [ˈhʌndrədweɪt] n (BRIT) → = 50.8 kg; 112 lb; (US) = 45.3 kg; 100 lb hundredweight [ˈhʌndrɪdweɪt] n (Brit) → =50.8 kg; 112 lb; (US) → = 45.3 kg; 100 lb hundredweight [ˈhʌndrɪdweɪt] hundred n → Gewichtseinheit > (BRIT = 50,8 kg; US = 45,3 kg) → Zentner m hundredweight [ˈhʌndrɪdweɪt] n (BRIT) → = 50.8 kg; = 112 lb; (US) → = 45.3 kg; = 100 lb How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"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. I reckoned that the haul had brought in more than nine hundredweight of fish. Every pound lost, would have been a hundredweight of happiness gained. |
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