hundredweight
noun [ C ]
MEASURES uk/ˈhʌndrədweɪt/ usplural hundredweight ( abbreviation cwt) (also long hundredweight)
in British measurements, a measure of weight equal to 112 pounds or approximately 50.8 kilograms:
One long ton is equal to 20 long hundredweight.
(also short hundredweight)
in US and Canadian measurements, a measure of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.36 kilograms:
Milk prices rose to $21.90 per hundredweight.