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hundred·weight (hun′drəd wāt′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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