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GVW

GVW is the initialism of gross vehicle weight rating.

Meaning of gross vehicle weight rating

Noun

gross vehicle weight rating (plural gross vehicle weight ratings)

  1. The maximum allowable total mass of a road vehicle or trailer when loaded.
    • GVWR includes the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel, passengers, cargo, and trailer tongue weight.
    Synonyms:
    GVWR

Synonyms of GVW

Forms of GVW

pluralGVWs

Questions about GVW

What is GVW the initialism of?
GVW is the initialism of gross vehicle weight rating.

Words near GVW in the dictionary

  1. GVRs
  2. GVS
  3. GVSD
  4. gvt
  5. gvts
  6. GVW
  7. GVWR
  8. GVWRs
  9. GVWs
  10. gw
  11. GW506U78

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Adapted from Wiktionary: GVW (page history and authors); gross vehicle weight rating (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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