makeweight
makeweight · makeweights
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weightSomething of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
» Tom is only a makeweight here.
Meaning
2 sensesSomething of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
He added a long litany of peripheral precedents which the judge dismissed as mere makeweights.
More definitions
- a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
- anything added to fill out a whole
Examples
1 sentencesTom is only a makeweight here.
Origin
From make + weight.From make + weight.
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Forms
plural: makeweightsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- anything added to fill out a whole:filler