hundredweight

n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [syn: {metric

hundredweight}, {doppelzentner}, {centner}]

2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

[syn: {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner}, {cental}, {quintal}]

3: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [syn: {cwt},

{long hundredweight}]