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cental
/ˈsɛntəl/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
becoming, legal
VERB + CENTAL
pounds
CENTAL + NOUN
con, system
PREP.
on, per
ADV.
thus
Definitions
noun
1
A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
Thin native steers, dressing 56 pounds per cwt., $10.50 per cental;
The practice of buying or selling grain by the 100 pounds, or the cental system, is becoming almost universal, and has many advantages over the old practice of selling grain by the bushel.
adj
1
Relating to a hundred.
2
Pertaining to a cent (unit of currency, typically worth 1/100 of the base unit of currency).
cental coins
Cental coin will be exchanged at the rate of two cents of a shilling for one cent of a rupee or florin .
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Synonyms
noun — a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
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Example Bank
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Thin native steers, dressing 56 pounds per cwt., $10.50 per cental;
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The practice of buying or selling grain by the 100 pounds, or the cental system, is becoming almost universal, and has many advantages over the old practice of selling grain by the bushel.
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John Hudson & Co. are prepared to undertake the business at a ½d. per cental advance on the price of wheat on 4th July 19000, which is 6s. 5½d. per cental, thus obtaining 6s. 6d. per cental as the con
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cental coins
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Cental coin will be exchanged at the rate of two cents of a shilling for one cent of a rupee or florin .
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The one shilling pieces and all denominations of notes, Shs. 1/-, 5/-, 10/-, 20/-, 100/-, and 1000/- are legal tender up to any amount, while fifty cent pieces and cental coin are legal tender up to S
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