centner. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

centner

SYLLABICATION:	cent·ner
PRONUNCIATION:	sntnr
NOUN:	1a. A unit of weight in Germany and Scandinavia corresponding to the hundredweight and equal to 50 kilograms (110.23 pounds). b. A unit of weight in parts of the former Soviet Union equal to 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds). 2. An assaying unit equal to one dram.
ETYMOLOGY:	German Zentner, from Old High German cëntenri, from Latin centnrius, of a hundred. See centenary.


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