1. A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system
   "The farmer sold his grain by the metric centner";
   - hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner
    
2. In some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
   "The farmer sold his potatoes by the centner"
    
3. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
   "The farmer sold his produce by the short centner";
   - hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, cental [archaic], quintal

Derived forms: centners

Type of: avoirdupois unit, metric weight unit, weight unit

Part of: net ton, quintal, short ton, ton

Encyclopedia: Centner