hundredweights
Units of mass
Hundredweights is the plural of hundredweight, a unit of weight used in commerce.
In the United States, a hundredweight equals 100 pounds; in Britain, it traditionally equals 112 pounds (eight stone).
The unit appears mainly in agricultural and commodity trading: Wheat sold at twelve dollars per hundredweight.
Abbreviated cwt.
Mass measurement units
- tonsLarge quantities, informally
- stonesSmall hard earth fragments
- kilogramsMetric mass units
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
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Main mass or size
- commodityFungible traded good
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
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- cargoTransported goods
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pounds
Mass measurement units
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bulk
Main mass or size
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harvest
Gathering mature crops
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medieval
Of the Middle Ages
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- exciseRemove by cutting
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hundredweightskilograms
Metric mass units
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