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gross weight

American  

noun

  1. total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.

gross weight British  

noun

  1. total weight of an article inclusive of the weight of the container and packaging

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Gross weight now only nine hundred and thirty pounds averdupois.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea

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