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checkweigh

checkweigh verb: to check the weight of the mined material and thus ensure the proper wages are paid.

Verb

checkweigh (third-person singular simple present checkweighs, present participle checkweighing, simple past and past participle checkweighed)

  1. To check the weight of the mined material and thus ensure the proper wages are paid.

Forms of checkweigh

third-person singular presentcheckweighs
present participlecheckweighing
past participlecheckweighed
pastcheckweighed

Origin of checkweigh

check + weigh

Questions about checkweigh

What does checkweigh mean?
Checkweigh means to check the weight of the mined material and thus ensure the proper wages are paid.
What part of speech is checkweigh?
Checkweigh is a verb.
What is the past tense of checkweigh?
The past tense of checkweigh is checkweighed.

Words near checkweigh in the dictionary

  1. checkup from the neck up
  2. checkups
  3. checkups from the neck up
  4. checkuser
  5. checkusers
  6. checkweigh
  7. checkweighed
  8. checkweigher
  9. checkweighers
  10. checkweighing
  11. checkweighman

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