Hundredweight meaning

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A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms).
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A unit of weight in the British Imperial System equal to 112 pounds (50.80 kilograms).
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A unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds avoirdupois (45.3592 kilograms): the British hundredweight equals 112 pounds avoirdupois (50.8023 kilograms)
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A unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds troy (37.3242 kilograms) Symbol, cwt.
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A measure of weight containing 100 pounds (45.5 kg) in the U.S. or 112 pounds (51 kg) in the United Kingdom.
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Sentence Examples

  • If it does not weigh a hundredweight and won't break my neck...

  • The paper is fed from reels placed at the two ends in decks, one above the other, each reel containing about five miles of paper, and weighing about fourteen hundredweight.

  • hundredweight of coal, had been stuck on to the hearth by Mr. Thorne's father.

  • hundredweight of sharp sand and a few paving slabs to lay a patio.

  • hundredweight of cast iron and driven back to St. Malo.

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