hundredweight

hundredweight
/hun"drid wayt'/, n., pl. hundredweights, (as after a numeral) hundredweight.
1. Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbr.: cwt
2. cental (def. 2).
[1570-80; HUNDRED + WEIGHT]

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