gross weight
Definition 1
Air transport: Sum of the weights of the aircraft, fuel, crew, passengers, and cargo.
Definition 2
Rail and road transport: Sum of the weight of the goods and the weight of the wagon or vehicle.
Definition 3
Sea transport: Total weight of a containerized or packaged shipment, computed as the sum of net weight (weight of the item) and tare (weight of the container and packaging material).
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gross weight is in the Shipping, Transport, & Travel subject.
gross weight appears in the definitions of the following terms: tare allowance, tare, tare weight, certificate of weight, net weight, chargeable weight, weight and shipping weight
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