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Noun: makeweight  'meyk,weyt
  1. Anything added to fill out a whole
    "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights";
    - filler
     
  2. A weight added to the scale to reach a required weight

Derived forms: makeweights

Type of: article, object, physical object, weight