Exact Match:
- makeweight
- a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
- anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights"
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- balance,
- ballast,
- coequality,
- coextension,
- consideration,
- correspondence,
- counterbalance,
- counterpoise,
- counterweight,
- equality,
- equation,
- equilibrium,
- equipollence,
- equiponderance,
- equity,
- equivalence,
- equivalency,
- equivalent,
- evenness,
- give-and-take,
- identity,
- justice,
- levelness,
- likeness,
- makeweight,
- offset,
- par,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- poise,
- proportion,
- quid pro quo,
- setoff,
- something of value,
- stasis,
- symmetry,
- tit for tat
- ballast
collapse - any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
- an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
- an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
- coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- make steady with a ballast related words >
- balance,
- break bulk,
- break out ballast,
- clear for action,
- clear the decks,
- consideration,
- counterbalance,
- counterpoise,
- counterweight,
- equipoise,
- equivalent,
- firm,
- firm up,
- freeze,
- give-and-take,
- hold,
- immobilize,
- keep,
- lead,
- makeweight,
- nail down,
- offset,
- pin down,
- poise,
- quid pro quo,
- retain,
- sandbag,
- setoff,
- shift ballast,
- shoot ballast,
- something of value,
- stabilitate,
- stabilize,
- steady,
- stick,
- tit for tat,
- transfix,
- trim,
- trim ship,
- trim up,
- weigh down,
- weight,
- weight down,
- wing out ballast
- quid pro quo
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- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises related words >
- agency,
- alternation,
- balance,
- ballast,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- blow for blow,
- change,
- coaction,
- commutation,
- complementary distribution,
- concurrence,
- consideration,
- cooperation,
- counterbalance,
- counterchange,
- counterpoise,
- counterweight,
- cross fire,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- deputyship,
- displacement,
- engagement,
- equipoise,
- equivalent,
- exchange,
- give-and-take,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interlacing,
- intermeshing,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- intertwining,
- interweaving,
- interworking,
- law of retaliation,
- lex talionis,
- like for like,
- makeweight,
- measure for measure,
- mesh,
- meshing,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- offset,
- permutation,
- power of attorney,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocity,
- replacement,
- representation,
- retaliation,
- seesaw,
- setoff,
- something for something,
- something in return,
- something of value,
- subrogation,
- substitution,
- supersedence,
- superseding,
- supersedure,
- supersession,
- supplantation,
- supplanting,
- supplantment,
- switch,
- talion,
- tit for tat,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- vicariousness
- tit for tat
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- an equivalent given in return related words >
- agency,
- alternation,
- balance,
- ballast,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- blow for blow,
- change,
- coaction,
- commutation,
- complementary distribution,
- concurrence,
- consideration,
- cooperation,
- counterbalance,
- counterchange,
- counterpoise,
- counterweight,
- cross fire,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- deputyship,
- displacement,
- engagement,
- equipoise,
- equivalent,
- exchange,
- give-and-take,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interlacing,
- intermeshing,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- intertwining,
- interweaving,
- interworking,
- law of retaliation,
- lex talionis,
- like for like,
- makeweight,
- measure for measure,
- mesh,
- meshing,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- offset,
- permutation,
- power of attorney,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocity,
- replacement,
- representation,
- retaliation,
- seesaw,
- setoff,
- something for something,
- something in return,
- something of value,
- subrogation,
- substitution,
- supersedence,
- superseding,
- supersedure,
- supersession,
- supplantation,
- supplanting,
- supplantment,
- switch,
- talion,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- vicariousness
- counterweight
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- a weight that balances another weight
- constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to related words >
- act drop,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- backdrop,
- balance,
- balance rudder,
- balance wheel,
- ballast,
- batten,
- border,
- cloth,
- consideration,
- coulisse,
- counterbalance,
- counterblast,
- countercurrent,
- counterforce,
- counterinfluence,
- counterpoise,
- counterpressure,
- crosscurrent,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- equipoise,
- equivalent,
- fin,
- fire curtain,
- fixative,
- flat,
- flipper,
- flywheel,
- foul wind,
- give-and-take,
- governor,
- gyroscope,
- hairspring,
- hanging,
- head wind,
- keel,
- makeweight,
- mordant,
- offset,
- pendulum,
- quid pro quo,
- rag,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- setoff,
- shock absorber,
- side scene,
- something of value,
- springs,
- stabilizator,
- stage screw,
- stiffening,
- tab,
- tableau,
- tail plane,
- teaser,
- tit for tat,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- undercurrent,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- abatement,
- agio,
- allowance,
- antipode,
- antipodes,
- antipole,
- antithesis,
- antonym,
- balance,
- ballast,
- bank discount,
- breakage,
- cash discount,
- chain discount,
- charge-off,
- concession,
- consideration,
- contra,
- converse,
- counter,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterpoint,
- counterpoise,
- counterpole,
- counterterm,
- counterweight,
- cut,
- deduction,
- depreciation,
- discount,
- drawback,
- equipoise,
- equivalent,
- foil,
- give-and-take,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- inverse,
- kickback,
- letterpress,
- mackle,
- makeweight,
- obverse,
- offcut,
- offprint,
- offset,
- opposite,
- opposite number,
- outset,
- outsetting,
- outstart,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- premium,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- print,
- quid pro quo,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- reduction,
- refund,
- reissue,
- reprint,
- reverse,
- rollback,
- salvage,
- setout,
- something of value,
- stamp,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting,
- takeoff,
- tare,
- the contrary,
- the other side,
- time discount,
- tit for tat,
- trade discount,
- tret,
- underselling,
- vis-a-vis,
- write-off
- counterbalance
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- a compensating equivalent related words >
- accommodate,
- adjust,
- amend,
- annul,
- antipode,
- antipodes,
- antipole,
- antithesis,
- antonym,
- atone for,
- balance,
- ballast,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be heavy,
- be opposed to,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- carry weight,
- clash,
- come to nothing,
- compensate,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- consideration,
- contra,
- contradict,
- contrapose,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- converse,
- coordinate,
- correct,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterblast,
- countercheck,
- countercurrent,
- counterforce,
- counterinfluence,
- counterpoint,
- counterpoise,
- counterpole,
- counterpose,
- counterpressure,
- counterterm,
- countervail,
- counterweigh,
- counterweight,
- counterwork,
- crosscurrent,
- equalize,
- equate,
- equipoise,
- equiponderate,
- equivalent,
- even,
- even up,
- firm,
- firm up,
- fit,
- foil,
- foul wind,
- freeze,
- frustrate,
- give-and-take,
- have weight,
- head wind,
- heft,
- hold,
- hold the scales,
- immobilize,
- integrate,
- invalidate,
- inverse,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- keep,
- level,
- lie heavy,
- make up,
- makeweight,
- nail down,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nullify,
- obverse,
- offset,
- oppose,
- opposite,
- opposite number,
- oppugn,
- outweigh,
- pin down,
- play at cross-purposes,
- poise,
- proportion,
- quid pro quo,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- retain,
- reverse,
- run counter to,
- set off,
- setoff,
- something of value,
- square,
- square up,
- stabilitate,
- stabilize,
- steady,
- stick,
- strike a balance,
- stultify,
- the contrary,
- the other side,
- thwart,
- tip the scales,
- tit for tat,
- transfix,
- undercurrent,
- undo,
- vis-a-vis,
- vitiate,
- void,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy,
- weigh in,
- weigh out,
- weight
- abatement of differences,
- accommodation,
- adjustment,
- agency,
- alternation,
- arrangement,
- badinage,
- balance,
- ballast,
- banter,
- bargain,
- barter,
- bartering,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- boomerang,
- brokerage,
- buying and selling,
- chaff,
- changeable,
- colloquial discourse,
- colloquy,
- comeback,
- communication,
- communion,
- commutable,
- commutation,
- commutative,
- composition,
- compromise,
- concession,
- consideration,
- conversation,
- converse,
- conversing,
- convertible,
- cooperation,
- cop-out,
- counter,
- counterbalance,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterchange,
- counterpoise,
- counterstroke,
- counterweight,
- cross fire,
- deal,
- dealing,
- defensibility,
- desertion of principle,
- discourse,
- doing business,
- drumhead justice,
- dueness,
- equal,
- equalizing,
- equipoise,
- equitableness,
- equity,
- equivalent,
- evasion of responsibility,
- even,
- evenhandedness,
- exchange,
- exchanged,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- giving way,
- good-natured banter,
- harmless teasing,
- horse trading,
- interchange,
- interchangeable,
- interchanged,
- intercourse,
- interlocution,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- jape,
- jest,
- jive,
- jobbing,
- joke,
- josh,
- justice,
- justifiability,
- justifiableness,
- justification,
- justness,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- lawfulness,
- legality,
- lex talionis,
- makeweight,
- measure for measure,
- meetness,
- merchandising,
- mutual,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual concession,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- nemesis,
- offset,
- permutable,
- permutation,
- persiflage,
- pleasantry,
- poetic justice,
- properness,
- propriety,
- quid pro quo,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- rapping,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocating,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocative,
- reciprocity,
- recoil,
- reply,
- retailing,
- retaliation,
- retaliatory,
- retort,
- retributive justice,
- return,
- returnable,
- ridicule,
- right,
- rightfulness,
- rightness,
- rude justice,
- scales of justice,
- setoff,
- settlement,
- something for something,
- something of value,
- sport,
- standard,
- summary justice,
- surrender,
- swapped,
- swapping,
- switched,
- tit for tat,
- trade,
- traded,
- trading,
- trafficking,
- transposal,
- transposed,
- transposition,
- twit,
- understanding,
- verbal intercourse,
- warrantability,
- warrantedness,
- what is right,
- wheeling and dealing,
- wholesaling,
- yielding
- offset
collapse
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"
- create an offset in; "offset a wall"
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" related words >
- absorb the shock,
- albertype,
- analog process,
- annul,
- antacid,
- antidote,
- antipode,
- antipodes,
- antipole,
- antithesis,
- antonym,
- atone for,
- balance,
- ballast,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be opposed to,
- behavior pattern,
- book printing,
- branch,
- break the fall,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- check,
- chromotypography,
- chromotypy,
- chromoxylography,
- clash,
- collotype,
- color printing,
- come to nothing,
- compensate,
- compensation,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- consideration,
- contra,
- contradict,
- contrapose,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- converse,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counteractant,
- counteraction,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterirritant,
- counterpoint,
- counterpoise,
- counterpole,
- counterpose,
- counterterm,
- countervail,
- counterweigh,
- counterweight,
- counterwork,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- digital process,
- electronography,
- electrostatic printing,
- equalize,
- equalizer,
- equipoise,
- equiponderate,
- equivalent,
- even out,
- even up,
- feeling,
- filiation,
- foil,
- frustrate,
- give-and-take,
- graphic arts,
- gravure,
- halftone engraving,
- history of printing,
- hunting,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- indemnify,
- input oscillation,
- invalidate,
- inverse,
- job printing,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- letterpress,
- letterpress photoengraving,
- line engraving,
- lithography,
- lithogravure,
- lithophotogravure,
- mackle,
- make amends,
- make good,
- make restitution,
- make up,
- make up for,
- makeweight,
- mimeograph,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- neutralizer,
- nullifier,
- nullify,
- obverse,
- offcut,
- offprint,
- offset lithography,
- offshoot,
- onset,
- oppose,
- opposite,
- opposite number,
- oppugn,
- oscillatory behavior,
- outweigh,
- overcorrection of error,
- overshoot,
- palaeotypography,
- photo-offset,
- photochemical process,
- photoengraving,
- photogelatin process,
- photographic reproduction,
- photography,
- photolithography,
- phototypography,
- phototypy,
- photozincography,
- planographic printing,
- planography,
- play at cross-purposes,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- print,
- printing,
- printmaking,
- process,
- prophylactic,
- publication,
- publishing,
- quid pro quo,
- recompense,
- redeem,
- redress,
- reimburse,
- reissue,
- relief printing,
- remedy,
- repay,
- reprint,
- reverse,
- rotary photogravure,
- rotogravure,
- run counter to,
- self-excitation,
- set off,
- setoff,
- sheetwork,
- shoot,
- show consideration,
- show mercy,
- show pity,
- soften,
- soften the blow,
- something of value,
- sprout,
- square,
- square up,
- stamp,
- stencil,
- stop,
- stultify,
- suppress,
- the contrary,
- the other side,
- three-color printing,
- thwart,
- tit for tat,
- two-color printing,
- typography,
- typolithography,
- undo,
- vis-a-vis,
- vitiate,
- void,
- wood-block printing,
- xerography,
- xeroprinting,
- xylotypography,
- zincography
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