The full weight (including goods and packaging) of shipment. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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gross weight UK US noun [U] MEASURES
► TRANSPORT the amount that a vehicle or container weighs when it is full of passengers or goods: »
The helicopter's gross weight before take-off was 6.58 tons.
► COMMERCE the total weight of a product, including its container, the paper it is wrapped in, etc.
Financial and business terms. 2012.