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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › makeweightMAKEWEIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   MAKEWEIGHT definition: 1. something or someone, without much value of its own, that is added so that there is the correct…. Learn more.

   • Znaczenie Makeweight, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     makeweight definicja: 1. something or someone, without much...

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     something or someone, without much value of its own, that is...

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     makeweight translate: 凑数的人（或物）；凑足份量之物. Learn more in the...

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     MAKING definition: 1. the activity or process of producing...

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   2 days ago · An alfresco activity, especially a meal , is one that takes place in the open air. 2 meanings: 1. something put on a scale to make up a required weight 2. an unimportant person or thing added to make up a lack.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does make weight mean?

   • 凑数的人（或物）, 凑足份量之物… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. MAKEWEIGHT meaning: 1. something or someone, without much value of its own, that is added so that there is the correct….

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   What is a makeweight?

   • something put in a scale to complete a required weight. anything added to supply a lack. They want to use you as a makeweight in their game of wresting from the Russian workers their dearly-won liberty. I carefully noted all flaws, however slight, in each pipkin of his warehouse and set all such damaged goods aside as a makeweight.

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   When was makeweight first used?

   • The earliest known use of the word makeweight is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for makeweight is from 1695, in the writing of White Kennett, historian and bishop of Peterborough. makeweight is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English to make weight.

   makeweight, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English

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   Is a price a makeweight?

   • What is more, a price was paid as a kind of makeweight for accepting the boundary as a permanency. I think that the suggestion was put as a piece of makeweight advice and should be immediately discarded. It is a fine makeweight in conversation and some great men deceive themselves so egregiously as to think they mean something by it.

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4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › makeweightmakeweight noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   an unimportant person or thing that is only added or included in something in order to make it the correct number, quantity, size, etc. Definition of makeweight noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   make-weight From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English make-weight ˈmake-weight / ˈmeɪkˌweɪt / noun [ countable ] INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT a person or thing that is not very important but is included so there is the right number of people or the right amount of something Examples from the Corpus make-weight • Companies throw ...

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   Definitions of makeweight. noun. a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight. see more. see less. type of: weight. an artifact that is heavy. noun.

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   makeweight, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary