quintal

American  

[kwin-tl] / ˈkwɪn tl /

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).

2. hundredweight.

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quintal British  

/ ˈkwɪntəl /

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds

2. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

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Etymology

Origin of quintal

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin quintāle < Arabic qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds, probably ≪ Latin centēnārius. Cf. centenary, kantar, kilderkin

Example Sentences

But larger ones, such as quintal d’alsace, the massive green and white cabbages that thrive in Alsace in Northeastern France, spend many months in the ground.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

The U.S. said it, then said it again: ECA could feed Europe without buying a quintal of wheat from Argentina.

From Time Magazine Archive

These woodmen are either paid so much per quintal, or obtain the use of the land in return for clearing and reducing it into order for corn-growing.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Unsorted and wholesale about thirty florins the French quintal.

From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Jefferson, Thomas

He himself had determined that the price should be 52 or 53 per quintal, and then he took what was given him.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen