cental

Noun

cen=tal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cental(n = noun.quantity) centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds;

is a kind of avoirdupois unit

has parts: quarter

is a part of net ton, short ton, ton

cental, n. [L. centum a hundred.].

A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight. [1913 Webster]

cental, n.

Relating to a hundred. [1913 Webster]

Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.