[UNDER-1 10 b; UNDER prep. 23 b. Cf. Da. undervægt, Sw. -vigt, Du. onderwigt, G. untergewicht.] Insufficient weight; deficiency in weight.
1596. Bacon, Max. & Use Com. Law, II. (1635), 8. Tradesmen of all sorts, selling with under weights or measures.
1647. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, 30. They never complain of me for giving them hard measure, or under-weight.
1864. R. A. Arnold, Cotton Fam., 470. The underweight of these bales made the stock seem larger than it really was.
1894. Boston Arena, June, 44. The minutest difference of overweight or underweight in the coin.
attrib. 1890. Daily Mail, 22 Feb., 5/4. The first cost of the restoration of all underweight coins.
