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quin·tal

(kwĭnt′l)

1. A unit of mass in the metric system equal to 100 kilograms.

[Middle English, a unit of weight, from Old French, from Medieval Latin quintāle, from Arabic qinṭār, from Late Greek kentēnarion, from Late Latin centēnārium (pondus), hundred(weight), from Latin centēnārius, of a hundred; see centenary.]

quintal

(ˈkwɪntəl)

1. (Units) a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds

2. (Units) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

[C15: via Old French from Arabic qintār, possibly from Latin centēnārius consisting of a hundred]

quin•tal

(ˈkwɪn tl)

n.

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).

2. hundredweight.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin quintāle < Arabic qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds. See centenary]

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Noun	1.	quintal - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram centner, doppelzentner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms metric ton, tonne, MT, t - a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
	2.	quintal - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds cental, cwt, short hundredweight, hundredweight, 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

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They were Young, John Adams, McCoy, who was my great-grandfather, and Quintal.

Quintal was his chum, and they got drunk together all the time.

Then Quintal went to Young and demanded his wife, and went to Adams and demanded his wife.

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Wouldn't hev your conscience fer a thousand quintal," said Dan.

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There was not money enough of any kind, in many parts of the country, to pay the salaries of the ministers; so that they sometimes had to take quintals of fish, bushels of corn, or cords of wood, instead of silver or gold.

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Negotiations went on between the farmers and the mills ' deputy director and it was concluded that the mills would clear outstanding dues of farmers at Rs450 but from now onward, the sugarcane would be purchased at Rs400 per quintal.

Mills refuse to buy sugarcane at official rate

Meanwhile, sugar prices have fallen by almost Rs 100 per quintal in the three days.

Sugar prices end lower on ample stocks

To encourage farmers to grow pulses in coming seasons, he suggested a hike in MSP of gram by Rs 500 per quintal to Rs 4,000 for the 2016 rabi season to start from the next month.

Govt likely to go for big hike in MSP for pulses biz

This formula is not acceptable as farmers will end up getting only Rs 220 a quintal," he says.

A bittersweet affair

Technically, the long-term trend is bullish, and prices are expected to move to Rs 5,000-5200 per quintal by the end of December.

Staring at a dry run

The Maharashtra government had asked the Centre to raise the MSP to Rs 4,285 a quintal but it was turned down.

Maharashtra cotton growers need support

Kamensky, 33, had 14 goals and 44 points for the Avalanche, and Quintal had eight goals and 27 points while playing in all 82 games for the Montreal Canadiens.