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Hundredweight

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.

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Centner 70% connected

A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.

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Quarter 70% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

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Quintal 70% connected

A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.

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Ton 70% connected

pl. of Toe.

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Cental 92% connected

A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

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Centner 92% connected

A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.

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Quintal 92% connected

A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.

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