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makeweight

The correct spelling is makeweight.

How to pronounce makeweight

noun

Say it like: Mak-ewa-yt

The correct spelling is makeweight. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight. For example: "He added a long litany of peripheral precedents which the judge dismissed as mere makeweights."

Usage Examples

He added a long litany of peripheral precedents which the judge dismissed as mere makeweights.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
  2. 2.Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.

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