neat weight

A form of net weight — The weight of a product (especially food) without the (tare) weight of its packaging.

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Meanings

nounneat weight (countable and uncountable, plural neat weights)

plural neat weights

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of net weight.

    What is the neat weight of 4 hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing 10cwt. 3qrs. 10lb. gross; — tare 100lb. per hdd.?

    1824, Stephen Pike, The Teachers' Assistant: Or a System of Practical Arithmetic, page 97
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