different between hundredweight vs cloff

English

Alternative forms

• cwt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

16th century, from hundred +? weight.

Noun

hundredweight (plural hundredweight or hundredweights)

1. (Canada, US) A measure of weight containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).

   Synonyms: (historical) cental, (rare) centner, short hundredweight, (historical) quintal

2. (Britain) A measure of weight containing 8 stone or 112 avoirdupois pounds (51 kg).

   Synonyms: long hundredweight, imperial hundredweight

Usage notes

• The short hundredweight is commonly used in the US in the sale of livestock and some cereal grains and oilseeds, paper, and concrete additives and on some commodities in futures exchanges. Since increasing metrication in most English-speaking countries the long hundredweight is now less used.

• The older designation and measure of weight quintal (“hundredweight”) is not standardized; see the usage notes there for more information.

Descendants

• ? Bengali: *??????? (*hôndôrd)
  • Bengali: ????? (hôndôr)

See also

• bushel
• quintal

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• clough

Noun

cloff (plural cloffs)

1. (historical) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

References

• cloff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.