cent|ner

cent|ner
cent|ner «SEHNT nuhr», noun.
1. a European unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, fixed at 50 kilograms, or 110.23 pounds avoirdupois, in several countries.
2. (in assaying) one dram.
3. a cental.
[< German Centner hundredweight < Latin centēnārius of a hundred < centum hundred]

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