kantar
[ kahn-tahr ]
/ kɑnˈtɑr /
noun
(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
Origin of kantar
Words nearby kantar
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Example sentences from the Web for kantar
Carolina Milanesi, a Strategic Insight Director with Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, tweeted that it could go one of two ways.
In 2011 NBC signed up as the sole broadcaster of the live games and made $150 million last year, according to Kantar Media.
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British Dictionary definitions for kantar
kantar
/ (kænˈtɑː) /
noun
a unit of weight used in E Mediterranean countries, equivalent to 100 pounds or 45 kilograms but varying from place to place
Word Origin for kantar
C16: from Arabic
qintār, from Late Greek
kentēnarion weight of a hundred pounds, from Late Latin
centēnārium, from
centum hundred