hundredweight

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (about 45.4 kg).
2. isim A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (eight stone or about 50.8 kg).

   “The hundredweight of 112 avoirdupois lbs. becomes general in the period before me, and is employed for the commoner kinds of materials.”

3. isim Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
4. isim Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".