makeweight : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: makeweight	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for makeweight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
makeweight n anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights" Synonym(s): makeweight, filler a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Makeweight \Make"weight`\, n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.