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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  makeweight 
  n  1:  anything  added  to  fill  out  a  whole;  "some  of  the  items  in 
  the  collection  are  mere  makeweights"  [syn:  {filler}] 
  2:  a  weight  added  to  the  scale  to  reach  a  required  weight 




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