gross weight

Weight including container

Gross weight is the total weight of something including all contents, packaging, and containers.

A truck's gross weight includes the vehicle, fuel, cargo, and driver.

Gross weight contrasts with net weight, which excludes packaging: The gross weight was 50 pounds, but the net weight of the product was only 42.

measurement

tare

Unladen container weight

tons · metric tons · scale · balance · calibration · load capacity · tonnage · payload · unladen · displacement

shipping

freight

Goods being transported

container · pallet · manifest · bill of lading · customs · tariff · duty · import · export · haulage

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weight measurement inclusiveness

gross weightnet weight

Mass excluding container

net · tare weight · empty weight · curb weight

Family

weight, gross, weigh, weighed, weighing, weighted, weighs, engrossed, engrossing

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