"hundredweight" in the noun sense
1. hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
2. hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
3. hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
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