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hundredweight

/ˈhʌn.drəd.weɪt/

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noun

/ˈhʌn.drəd.weɪt/C2formal
  • ruЕдиница веса, равная 100 фунтам (в США) или 112 фунтам (в Великобритании), используемая для измерения тяжелых грузов.

A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds (in the US) or 112 pounds (in the UK), used for measuring heavy goods.

  1. Unit of weight (US)C1formalamerican

    A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds (approximately 45.36 kilograms) in the United States.

    ruЦентнер (США)

    • The shipment weighed 5 hundredweight.
    • He ordered a hundredweight of grain for the farm.
    • The price is quoted per hundredweight.

    Synonymscental

  2. Unit of weight (UK)C1formalbritish

    A unit of weight equal to 112 pounds (approximately 50.8 kilograms) in the United Kingdom.

    ruЦентнер (Великобритания)

    • The coal was sold by the hundredweight.
    • A hundredweight of potatoes was delivered to the market.
    • The old scale measured in hundredweights.
Forms
  • hundredweight plural form
  • hundredweights plural form
  • hundredweights' possessive plural form
  • hundredweight's possessive singular form