1. hundredweight(n = noun.quantity) centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms;
is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit
is a part of quintal
has parts: centner
2. hundredweight(n = noun.quantity) cental, centner, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds;
is a kind of avoirdupois unit
is a part of net ton, short ton, ton
has parts: quarter
3. hundredweight(n = noun.quantity) cwt, long hundredweight - a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds;
is a kind of avoirdupois unit
is a part of gross ton, long ton, ton
has parts: quarter
A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton. [1913 Webster]
hundredweight, n. (pl. same or -weights)
1 (in full long hundredweight) Brit. a unit of weight equal to 112 lb. avoirdupois (about 50.8 kg).
2 (in full metric hundredweight) a unit of weight equal to 50 kg.
3 (in full short hundredweight) US a unit of weight equal to 100 lb. (about 45.4 kg).
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long hundredweight, metric hundredweight, short hundredweight