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How to pronounce centner in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms doppelzentner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight
Type of metric weight unit, weight unit
Type Words
Synonyms cental, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight
Type of avoirdupois unit
Type Words
Type of weight unit, metric weight unit

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Centner obtained his master of science in Civil Engineering from Arizona State University.
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Centner and other car rental insiders say that the anger is misdirected.
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Centner is now looking ahead to her college lacrosse career.
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Centner, a civil engineer, has worked at the firm since 2007.
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  • Hundredweight: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
  • The quintal or centner, from Latin centenarius ("hundredlike"), is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units of either pounds or kilograms. If based on the pound, it is equivalent to the Imperial hundredweight.