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1. (n.) centner
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
2. centner
a unit of 100 kilograms.
Etymology: (1675–85; < LG; cf. G Zentner, OHG centenari < L centēnārius of a hundred; see centenary)
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1. (noun) hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
2. (noun) centner
in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
3. (noun) hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
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1. (noun) centner
a weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts
2. (noun) centner
the commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds
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