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Feb 15, 2012
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short•weight



Pronunciation: (shôrt'wāt"), [key]
—v.t.
to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.

—n.
the insufficient weight given in this manner.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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