quintal
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- n a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
- n a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- One morning last fortnight, after a plentiful harvest, Castro loaded the first quintal (100 lbs.
- Examples: the Argentine Government bought up local wheat at $5 a metric quintal, sold some to Peruvians for $9, then gave a like amount to Argentine millers at $2.