CENTAL: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'sentl
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| | Definition: | | [n] a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds |
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| | Synonyms: | | centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight |
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| | See Also: | | avoirdupois unit, net ton, quarter, short ton, ton | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cen"tal\, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
parts of the United States a {Hundredweight}.
\Cen"tal\, n.
Relating to a hundred.
{Cental system}, the method of buying and selling by the
cental, or hundredweight.
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