centilitre

British

/ ˈsɛntɪˌliːtə /

noun

one hundredth of a litre

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Alleyron decreed that every prisoner was to give the State half-a-day's labour, on pain of receiving only the strictly indispensable food, 700 grammes of bread, 1 centilitre of oil, and 60 grammes of dried vegetables.

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