all-up weight

English

Noun

all-up weight (countable and uncountable, plural all-up weights)

  1. (sports) The combined weight of a sportsman and their equipment; especially the weight of a paraglider and its pilot.
  2. The total weight of an aircraft, boat or vehicle when it is fully loaded, including fuel.
    • 1958 October, “Diesel-Electric Locomotives for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 686, 688:
      […] the all-up weight of 75 tons, however, is lower than some comparative diesel-electric designs mainly because of the use of aluminium alloy, chiefly for cab, floors, main roof and so on, and polyester resin for cab roof sections.

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