1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (about 220 pounds)
Usage: metric system
2. a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds
Usage: historical; British

Examples

• The farmer sold three quintals of wheat at the market.
• Coffee beans are often priced per quintal in international trade.
• The shipment weighed exactly two quintals.
• Rice production was measured in quintals per hectare.
• The warehouse stored fifty quintals of grain.
• Export records showed 200 quintals of sugar were shipped last month.