A hundredweight is equal to 100 pounds of potatoes The hundredweight replaced the bushelas the commonly accepted measurement in agriculture (see bushel)
The plural form is hundredweight after a number. A hundredweight is a unit of weight that is equal to 112 pounds in Britain and to 100 pounds in the United States. a hundredweight of coal. hundredweight cwt a unit for measuring weight, equal to 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms in Britain, and 100 pounds or 45.3 kilograms in the US
A group of services extended by certain carriers to certain customers who ship several boxes to the same consignee Each shipment must total over a certain 100-pound mark and must use the same ZIP code and service code Carriers determine if your company is eligible for hundredweight service Often abbreviated as CWT
In United States measurement and in domestic truck or rail freight, 100 lb Freight rates are usually denoted in cents per CWT In English measurement and in ocean freight parlance, a hundredweight represents 112 lbs , or one-twentieth of a long ton of 2 240 lb Care should be taken in the use of this phrase to avoid confusion as to the exact meaning
In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton