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make⋅weight

  [meyk-weyt]
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–noun
1. something put in a scale to complete a required weight.
2. anything added to supply a lack.
Origin:
1685–95; make 1 + weight
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make·weight   (māk'wāt')   
n.  

  1. Something added on a scale in order to meet a required weight.

  2. Something added only to fill a lack.

  3. A counterweight; a counterbalance.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

makeweight 
1695, "small quantity of something added to make the total reach a certain weight," from make (v.) + weight.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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