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Hundredweight

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

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a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

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a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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centalcentnercwtdoppelzentnerlong hundredweightmetric hundredweightquintalshort hundredweight
plural
Hundredweights
possessive
Hundredweight's
pluralpossessive
Hundredweights'