centner
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The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries that is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. It is a traditional unit of weight in France, Portugal, and Spain and their former colonies. It is commonly used for grain prices in wholesale markets in Ethiopia, Eritrea and India, where 1 quintal = .
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Vinony files it under Customary units of measurement, Metricated units and Non-SI metric units.
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- unit of mass
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- kilogram
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- measured physical quantity
- mass
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The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries that is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. It is a traditional unit of weight in France, Portugal, and Spain and their former colonies. It is commonly used for grain prices in wholesale markets in Ethiopia, Eritrea and India, where 1 quintal = .
In British English, it referred to the hundredweight; in American English, it formerly referred to an uncommon measurement of .
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