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