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cwt.

cwt. is the abbreviation of hundredweight.

Meaning of hundredweight

Noun

hundredweight (plural hundredweight or hundredweights)

  1. (Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (about 45.4 kg).
    Synonyms:
    short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
  2. (UK, historical) 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.1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume IV, page 209
  3. (historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
    Synonyms:
    quintal
  4. (historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".

Forms of cwt.

pluralcwt.
alternative formcwt

Origin of cwt.

Short for centum weight, from Latin centum + weight.

Questions about cwt.

What is cwt. the abbreviation of?
Cwt. is the abbreviation of hundredweight.

Words near cwt. in the dictionary

  1. CWPs
  2. CWR
  3. Cwrt Sart
  4. CWS
  5. cwt
  6. cwt.
  7. cwtch
  8. cwtched
  9. cwtches
  10. cwtching
  11. CWTs

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