Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - makeweight
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Makeweight
makeweight
noun Date: 1695 1. a. something thrown into a scale to bring the weight to a desired value b. something of little independent value thrown in to fill a gap 2. counterweight, counterpoise
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n. 1 a small quantity or thing added to make up the full weight. 2 an unimportant extra person. 3 an unimportant point added to make an argument seem stronger. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(makeweights) If you describe someone or something as a makeweight, you think that they are not good or valuable and that they have been included in an activity in order to fill up a gap. He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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