quintal
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
Origin of quintal
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How to use quintal in a sentence
With the one quintal that resulted therefrom, they incorporated on the said day one libra of quicksilver.
We fished a clean half-quintal; then, late in the day, a rising wind caught us napping in Hell Alley.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman Duncanquintal, kwin′tal, n. a hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds according to the scale.
From the rule already given, grams per quintal may be converted into ounces to the ton by multiplying by 0.327.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThe customs drawbacks were abrogated, and in place of them was granted a bounty of five lire per quintal of metal used in repairs.
Manual of Ship Subsidies | Edwin M. Bacon
British Dictionary definitions for quintal
/ (ˈkwɪntəl) /
a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
Origin of quintal
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