Definition von cwt im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
Coded Wire Tag Small thin wire pins about 2 mm long placed in the nose of hatchery raised Chinook juveniles Each tag provides reference to where the Chinook was raised, the year it was released, how it was grown and other biological information
Hundredweight, a unit of weight equalling 100 pounds (American, about 45kg) or 112 pounds (British, about 50kg) When applied to vehicles, it denotes the payload of a truck
Cwt is a hundred weight, or weight in hundreds of pounds For example, 1 ton is 2000 lbs, which is equal to 20 Cwt So a crop of tomatoes that weighs 14 tons (which is 14 * 2000 lbs, or 28,000 lbs) would be equal to 280 Cwt At least that is in the United States In the British system hundredweight is 112 lbs Go figure Anyway, Cwt in the U S is called short hundredweight, while Cwt in the British system is called long hundredweight
Hundredweight British unit of measurement that was used to designate smaller weapons by the weight of the gun and mounting One hundredweight is 112 pounds (50 802 kg)
An abbreviation for per 100 pounds specified weight It is always qualified as the type of weight involved, e g , gross, net, gross chargeable, dimensional, etc