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centum weight; cwt.
Hundred weight.
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“cwt”
hundredweight, cwt
1. A unit of weight equal to 112 pounds (50.802 kilograms); 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms)in the United States.
2. An Imperial unit of mass.
2. An Imperial unit of mass.
It is sometimes called the "long hundredweight" to distinguish it from the "short hundredweight", or cental, equal to 100 pound (45.4 kilogram)
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