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[syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cental \Cen"tal\, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
parts of the United States a Hundredweight.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cental \Cen"tal\, n.
Relating to a hundred.
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Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the
cental, or hundredweight.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cental
n 1: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
[syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight,
centner, cental, quintal]