weighmentn.
/ˈweɪmənt/ Anglo-Indian.
The action of weighing (commodities).
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1878 J. Inglis Sport & Work xii. 135 They..cheat in the weighments and measurements.
1889 V. Ball tr. Tavernier Trav. II. 447 The methods of weighment employed by Tavernier and Schrauf respectively.
1903 C. Bald Indian Tea (1917) xiv. 215 A careful examination of leaf, load by load, before weighment.
1906 J. A. Elliott in Padri Elliott of Faizabad 220 The Deputy Opium Agent..let him set up a shop in the opium-camp during the two months that the weighments were on.
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