hundredweight

Noun

Meaning

A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cental quintal centner short hundredweight long hundredweight centenary cwt metric hundredweight doppelzentner centennial tod dram dyne century carat
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Antonyms

mass mountain few little bucket whit
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Hypernyms

metric weight unit avoirdupois unit weight unit

Phrases with the word

imperial hundredweight

Examples

Idaho potato growers need to receive about $7 per hundredweight (cwt) of potatoes they produce in order to break even. Source: Internet

Marx documented the increase through the years—in the three years following passage, “300,000 qrs” (quarter of a hundredweight) were exported to Britain, followed by over a million in 1820, and two and half million in 1834. Source: Internet

In livestock auction markets, cattle are sold in dollars per hundredweight (short), whereas hogs are sold in dollars per hundred kilograms. Source: Internet

Cattle market prices ended firm with some classes $3 higher per hundredweight and large numbers at the sale barns. Source: Internet

The price hovered around $14 for the first half of the year, hitting a low of $13.81 per hundredweight in May. Source: Internet

There was a period when the price for milk used to make cheese got completely out of line, trailing prices in federal orders by as much as $3 per hundredweight, he said. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hundredth monkey hundredth part hundredthly hundreth Hundshamer Hundt