- The
hundredweight (abbreviation: cwt),
formerly also
known as the
centum weight or quintal, is a
British imperial and
United States customary unit of...
- ton are
defined as 20
hundredweights, but a
hundredweight is 100
pounds (45.36 kg) in the US
system (short or net
hundredweight) and 112
pounds (50.80 kg)...
-
whereas a US
hundredweight is 100 lb (45.359237 kg). In both systems, 20
hundredweights make a ton. In the US, the
terms long ton (2240 lb, 1016.0469088 kg)...
- of the
North American short ton,
being 20 long
hundredweight (112 lb)
rather than 20
short hundredweight (100 lb) the
weight of 35
cubic feet (0.991 m3)...
- come to
translate both the
British hundredweight (8
stone or 112
pounds [50.80 kg]) and the
American hundredweight (100
pounds [45.36 kg]), as
their cognate...
- quarters,
hundredweights, and tons
remain defined as 25, 100, and 2000 lb respectively. The
quarter is now
virtually unused, as is the
hundredweight outside...
- the song of that name, in 2001. The E.P. was
preceded by the
single "
Hundredweight". The band
signed to Jive
Records in the fall of 2001 and
released two...
- the
Imperial units for length,
weight and time even
though the tons,
hundredweights, gallons, and
nautical miles, for example, are
different for the U.S...
- Measurement" (PDF).
November 18, 2022. p. C-7.
Retrieved May 9, 2023. 20
hundredweights = 1 ton "Meaning of
short ton in English".
Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved...
- cwt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. cwt is the
abbreviation for
hundredweight (cwt =
centum weight), an English, imperial, and US
customary unit of...
