gross weight
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3.5
- noun
- /ɡroʊs weɪt/
- Specialized
:
peso bruto
- The truck's gross weight, including the loaded cargo and packaging, was over 20 tons.
- gross weight of 1,200 pounds
Examples
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Most aircraft take off, you know, right at gross weight for most flights.
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In practice, though, its 13,500-pound gross weight made it unable to climb after takeoff following the loss of one engine.
Academic text (2003) -
Bottom line, an RV-3 with Type II wing and CN-2-II modification, at a good price, should be a great investment if you and it are light enough with fuel to fly at 1,050 gross weight.
Blog text (32) -
Under federal (and state) regulations, my maximum legal gross weight is 80,000 pounds, 20 times that of a minivan, eight times what a Hummer weighs.
Blog text (24) -
Indirect reduction of sonic boom amplitudes can also be achieved by decreasing vehicle gross weight, or increasing the vehicle lift-to-drag ratio by maintaining supersonic laminar flow.
Academic text (2001) -
Airlines must calculate the gross weight of their planes to ensure safe take-offs and landings.
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To determine shipping costs, companies often need to know the gross weight of the package including its container.
Synonyms
Antonyms
How Heavy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Here 'gross' carries the common sense of 'total/before deductions' and combined with 'weight' yields the straightforward meaning 'total weight (including packaging)'. This is a direct compositional combination found across many languages (e.g. French 'poids brut', Spanish 'peso bruto'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will very likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun gross weight comes from the simple idea of the whole load on a scale. Imagine a packed box on a scale; the weight you read is the gross amount because it includes the goods and their box and packing. So, gross weight means 'the total weight including packaging'.