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quin⋅tal

  [kwin-tl]
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–noun
1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
2. hundredweight.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML quintāle < Ar qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds, prob. ≪ L centēnārius. Cf. centenary, kantar, kilderkin

hun⋅dred⋅weight

  [huhn-drid-weyt]
–noun, plural -weights, (as after a numeral) -weight.
1. Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt
2. cental (def. 2).
Origin:
1570–80; hundred + weight
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hun·dred·weight   (hŭn'drĭd-wāt')   
n.   pl. hundredweight or hun·dred·weights Abbr. cwt

  1. A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System equal to 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms). Also called cental, short hundredweight.

  2. A unit of weight in the British Imperial System equal to 112 pounds (50.80 kilograms). Also called quintal.

quin·tal   (kwĭnt'l)   
n.   Abbr. ql. or q.

  1. A unit of mass in the metric system equal to 100 kilograms.

  2. See hundredweight.


[Middle English, a unit of weight, from Old French, from Medieval Latin quintāle, from Arabic qinṭār, from Late Greek kentēnarion, from Late Latin centēnārium (pondus), hundred(weight), from Latin centēnārius, of a hundred; see centenary.]
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Word Origin & History

quintal 
"a weight of a hundred pounds," c.1470, from O.Fr. quintal, from M.L. quintale, from Ar. quintar, from Late Gk. kentenarion, from L. centenarius "containing a hundred" (see centenary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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