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makeweight definition

make·weight (-wāt′)

noun

  1. anything added to a scale to complete the required weight
  2. an unimportant person or thing added to make up some lack

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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