Meaning of Quintal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
   historical
2. A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
3. A surname.
4. Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
   historical
5. An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.

Equivalents

Examples

“In one import license alone, the merchant in question was instructed to bring in 13,000 quintals of alum, which, snapped up by industries in England and the Low Countries, would yield the king a cool £8,666 13s 4d.”

“Furthermore, if the number-incorporated pronouns are analyzed as grammatically marked for number, distinct grammatical categories for trial, quadral and quintal must be posited.”

“In UgSL, we find a complete set of forms for dual, trial, quadral and quintal in several paradigmatic contrasts.”

“All in all, this suggests that in LSC the differences observed in the motion taken by exact number pronouns is not grounded in a fundamental distinction between the dual vs. the trial, the quadral and the quintal.”

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