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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.]

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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]

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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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