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1. (n.) quintal
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < ML quintāle < Ar qin&tdotbelow;ār weight of a hundred pounds. See centenary)
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1. (noun) quintal
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
2. (noun) hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
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1. (noun) quintal
a hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental
2. (noun) quintal
a metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois
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