Cental

/ˈsɛntəl/ noun

A unit of weight equal to one hundred pounds in the United States or one hundred kilograms in other countries; a quintal.

From Latin 'centum' (hundred) plus '-al' (unit suffix). Developed as a commercial and agricultural term for bulk commodity weights, parallel to the metric 'quintal.'

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