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hundredweight


1540s, from hundred + weight. Commonly 100 lbs., but it could vary locally and in specific uses up to 120 lbs.
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hundredweight


a pricing unit used in transportation (equal to 100 pounds).
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hundredweight


A unit of weight arrived at by dividing the actual weight by 100. Hundredweight (also called CWT) is a standard presentation of LTL carrier rates.
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hundredweight


A pricing unit used in transportation (equal to 100 pounds). The pricing unit used in transportation; a hundredweight is equal to 100 pounds.
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hundredweight


100 pounds. Abbreviated as cwt.
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hundredweight


(n) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms(n) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds(n) a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
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hundredweight


Short ton hundredweight = 100 pounds. Long ton hundredweight = 112 pounds.
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hundredweight


A pricing unit used in transportation (equal to 100 pounds).
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hundredweight


A pricing unit used in transportation (equal to 100 pounds).
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hundredweight


In the UK imperial units system, a weight of 112 pounds, also equivalent to eight stone, or one twentieth of a ton.
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