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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hundredweight \Hun"dred*weight'\, noun A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cental \Cen"tal\, noun [L. centum a hundred.] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a {Hundredweight}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hundredweight
noun
1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [syn: {metric hundredweight}, {doppelzentner}, {centner}]
2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner}, {cental}, {quintal}]
3: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [syn: {cwt}, {long hundredweight}]
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