hundredweight
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Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. cwt
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Also called: long hundredweight. a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802 35 kilograms
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Also called: short hundredweight. a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359 24 kilograms
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Also called: metric hundredweight. a metric unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms
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Old Dominion Freight Line reported revenue per hundredweight excluding fuel surcharges rose 5.4% year-over-year for the second quarter through May.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Small dairies would receive more money per hundredweight of milk produced, while the largest dairies wouldn’t receive any federal funds.
From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2019
"We've got half a hundredweight here been sent by different people. Everybody's sending me jam roly poly puddings," Redknapp said.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2018
Dan Stevens, dimly discernible under a hundredweight of pelt, has more luck.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 17, 2017
He appeared dramatically upon the edge of the clearing, just as a disturbed branch, whose burden was too heavy, emptied a couple of hundredweight of snow on his head.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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