- anything added to a scale to complete the required weight
- an unimportant person or thing added to make up some lack
makeweight
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makeweight
noun
- Something added on a scale in order to meet a required weight.
- Something added only to fill a lack.
- A counterweight; a counterbalance.
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Noun
(plural makeweights)
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