hundredweight

Definition of Hundredweight in English :

a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

3. cwt, hundredweight, long hundredweight

a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hundredweight

noun plural -weights or -weight

1. Also called: long hundredweight British

a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802 35 kilograms

2. Also called: short hundredweight US and Canadian

a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359 24 kilograms

3. Also called: metric hundredweight

a metric unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms

noun

1.

a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds avoirdupois (45.3592 kilograms): the British hundredweight equals 112 pounds avoirdupois or 50.8023 kilograms

2.

a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds troy (37.3242 kilograms) Symbol, cwt

n. pl. hundredweight or hun·dred·weights Abbr. cwt

1. A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms). Also called cental, short hundredweight.

2. A unit of weight in the British Imperial System equal to 112 pounds (50.80 kilograms). Also called quintal.