Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A weighing-machine for weighing carts, wagons, etc., with their load.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK a
platform ,flush with theroadway , having amechanism forweighing vehicles etc
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc
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Examples
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Coal was brought in past the red brick gothic superintendent's lodge and on to this weighbridge next to a green sentry box containing the dial.
Underfoot 3 Peter Ashley 2008
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The Sprinter: he parked on a weighbridge, which I had to drive on, and reverse off.
I Am Not Here And This Is Not Happening « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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The one nearest the road is most likely to do with the weighbridge, this little building is smaller and probably stored goods sidings paraphanalia such as oil lamps, wagon hitching poles and a shelf for white enamelled cans of tea.
Archive 2007-08-01 Peter Ashley 2007
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The one nearest the road is most likely to do with the weighbridge, this little building is smaller and probably stored goods sidings paraphanalia such as oil lamps, wagon hitching poles and a shelf for white enamelled cans of tea.
Railway Echo No 1 Peter Ashley 2007
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"Legally loaded vehicles will receive a stamped weighbridge printout signed by the traffic officer on duty," said Alictoun, explaining that customs would have the right to call for this document.
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"The initiative will see the establishment of a compulsory weighbridge for heavy goods vehicles at the Grobler's Bridge border post (in Limpopo) with Botswana from Wednesday," said spokesman for the Road Freight Association, Mike Alictoun.
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"Some of these transporters are caught up to 20 times a month at the same weighbridge."
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A forensic audit, conducted by the Auditor-General's office, found non-ferrous scrap metal was sold by Transnet at below-market prices, as well as computation errors on invoices and weighbridge inaccuracies.
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The Transnet head said an internal investigation into disputed weighbridge figures and associated "credit notes" would be completed by the end of October.
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A forensic audit, conducted by the Auditor-General's office, found non-ferrous scrap metal was sold by Transnet at below-market prices, as well as computation errors on invoices, and weighbridge inaccuracies.
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