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neat weight

neat weight is the obsolete form of net weight.

Meaning of net weight

Noun

net weight (countable and uncountable, plural net weights)

  1. The weight of a product (especially food) without the (tare) weight of its packaging.
  2. The weight of a vehicle without that of its fuel, cargo, personnel etc.

Forms of neat weight

pluralneat weights

Questions about neat weight

What is neat weight the obsolete form of?
Neat weight is the obsolete form of net weight.

Words near neat weight in the dictionary

  1. neat as ninepence
  2. neat freak
  3. neat freaks
  4. neat line
  5. neat lines
  6. neat weight
  7. neat weights
  8. neat-freakery
  9. neat-freaks
  10. neat-handed
  11. neat-handedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neat weight (page history and authors); net weight (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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