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quintal

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quintal /ˈkwɪnt(ə)l/

▶noun

1 a unit of weight equal to a hundredweight (112 lb) or, formerly, 100 lb.

2 a unit of weight equal to 100 kg.

– origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. quintale, from Arab. ḳinṭār, based on L. centenarius ‘containing a hundred’.

'quintal' also found in these Oxford entries:

kilderkin - poundal

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