The abbreviation for a hundredweight is 'cwt.', standing for its former name of 'centum weight'.
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Hundredweight
Synonyms for "hundredweight" (29 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قِنْطَار noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Bengali
1 entries- হন্দর noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Breton
1 entries- kantolz noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Bulgarian
1 entries- центнер noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Catalan
1 entries- quintar noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Finnish
1 entries- sentneri noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
French
1 entries- quintal noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Galician
1 entries- quintal noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Georgian
1 entries- ცენტნერი noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
German
1 entries- Zentner noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Hindi
3 entries- कुंटल noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
- कुंतल noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
- क्विंटल noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Indonesian
1 entries- kuintal noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Irish
1 entries- céad noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Middle French
1 entries- quintal noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Norman
1 entries- chent noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Old French
1 entries- quintal noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قنطار noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Persian
1 entries- قنطار noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Portuguese
1 entries- quintal noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Spanish
1 entries- quintal noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Turkish
1 entries- kental noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Vilamovian
1 entries- cȧnkner noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
Welsh
1 entries- canpwys noun (unit of one hundred pounds)
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The hundredweight of 112 avoirdupois lbs. becomes general in the period before me, and is employed for the commoner kinds of materials.
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