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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 quin·tal /ˈkwɪntḷ, ˈkæn-/
 重量單位

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Quin·tal n.
 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used.  Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.]
 2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 quintal
      n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
      2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
         [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner,
          cental]