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⚖️ 100 kilograms ⚖️ 100 pounds
quintal

quintal

9.9
A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds used for crops in the US
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɪn.təl/
  • Archaic
translation icon : quintal corto
  • A single quintal weighs 100 pounds.

Examples

  • The price of wheat is often quoted per quintal in the United States.

  • Each bag weighed exactly one quintal, making it easy to calculate the total shipment.

  • Farmers stored several quintals of grain in their barns for the winter.

  • The farmer sold two quintals of corn.

  • Each bag weighed exactly one quintal, making it easy to calculate the total shipment.

  • Farmers stored several quintals of grain in their barns for the winter.

  • The price of wheat is often quoted per quintal in the United States.

Synonyms

hundredweight
vsquintal
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A weight of 100 pounds in the United States

has identical weight but is a different traditional name
short hundredweight
vsquintal
  • Specialized
9.1

An American measure of weight equal to 100 pounds, about 45 kilograms

has identical weight but uses another conventional name
cental
vsquintal
  • Archaic
9.9

A unit of weight in the United States equal to 100 pounds

has identical weight but follows a different naming tradition
cwt
vsquintal
  • Specialized
9.9

A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds used in the United States

has identical weight but is a different abbreviation or name

Surface Forms

quintal singular
quintals plural

Etymology

Quintal comes from old trade words that meant a 'hundred' or a 'hundredweight', a idea you can see in cent and century which mean 'hundred'. So in older or local U.S. use a quintal meant a unit of '100 pounds', which is why you may find prices or weights given per quintal.