live weight
live weight · live weights
Lebendgewicht
The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meatThe weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.
The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing.
Lebendgewicht
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
weight of a living animal:
Forms
plural: live weights| Singular | live weight |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcarcass weight
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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