kantar

[kahn-tahr]

noun

1. (in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.

kantar

/ kænˈtɑː /

noun

1. a unit of weight used in E Mediterranean countries, equivalent to 100 pounds or 45 kilograms but varying from place to place

Word History and Origins

Origin of kantar¹

1545–55; < Arabic qinṭar ≪ Latin centenārium; quintal

Word History and Origins

Origin of kantar¹

C16: from Arabic qintār, from Late Greek kentēnarion weight of a hundred pounds, from Late Latin centēnārium, from centum hundred

Example Sentences

Its UK and Ireland market share has grown, according to data from market-research company Kantar.

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Vikash Kaansili, senior retail analyst at Kantar ,says the data suggests Halloween spending is about more than dressing up and carving pumpkins.

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Georgia Rose, a senior consultant at Kantar, thinks the avocado scanners will take off.

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Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Worldpanel, formerly known as Kantar, said current food inflation brought to mind the sort of prices people were paying in supermarkets after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.

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The £1 promise was Poundland's "most compelling proposition", says Howard Lake, a retail consultant at Kantar.

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