by weight

Idioms  

1. According to weight rather than height, volume, or some other measure. For example, In Europe bread often is sold by weight rather than by the loaf. [c. a.d. 1000]

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, spinach held the list’s top spot for the second year in a row, containing more pesticide residues by weight than any other type of produce.

From Salon

By that date, the share of dirty diapers in Japanese trash by weight will rise to 7.1 percent from 5.2 percent in 2020, the environment ministry said.

From Barron's

China imports in the final quarter of 2025 measured by weight were down 22% compared with a year earlier, according to Jason Miller, a professor of supply-chain management at Michigan State University.

From The Wall Street Journal

Because corn is purchased by weight but sold by volume, margins are unusually high.

From The Wall Street Journal

Panama, Liberia and the Marshall Islands are the most common FOC states, representing 46.5% of all merchant ships by weight, but Gambia has become a player in recent years.

From BBC