actual weight

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandweight

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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weight
noun
uk
/weɪt/us
/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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(Definition ofactualandweightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After 16 weeks the estimated weight of each plerocercoid was compared with itsactualweightafter being recovered from the body cavity.
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Failure to gain weight in large and healthy children is of itself not important, althoughactualweightloss over a few weeks is.
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That may happen in a case whereactualweightquantity is not studied or measured.
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But what is theactualweightof benefit?
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It is theactualweightof the bridge itself.
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It was to relieve theactualweighton the bridge itself.
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Theactualweightof the container lifted was later found to be 4·3 tonnes.
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Theactualweightof the traffic at the maximum is only 500 tons.
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I think that moral force has a great deal ofactualweight.
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Now let us see what is theactualweightof the new burden which the withdrawal of this concession will impose on this class of taxpayer.
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Theactualweightof soap would depend on the nature of the soap products which compose the ration.
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It is much more common, however, for bacon to be sold by re-weight, which represents theactualweightof the bacon after transit.
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The total stocks of wool of over 58's quality,actualweight, are estimated at about 440 million lb.
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I am not aware that as regards aeroplanes theactualweightis a very great factor with the equation.
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Theactualweightof any ship which can be lifted is dependent on special factors and each vessel has to be considered individually.
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Secondly, we have the necessity for theactualweightcontent of packages to be stated on the outside of all packets.
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There will, however, be cases in which it is found that the tare weight mark understates theactualweightof the vehicle.
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The claimant is given an additional payment only if satisfactory evidence is submitted to the board that theactualweightwas in excess of 7½ cwt.
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Ingredients must be listed in descending order by weight, but theactualweightof the ingredient does not have to be given.
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We return to the matter of theactualweightand manner of the operation of the panel.
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