neat weight

English

Noun

neat weight (countable and uncountable, plural neat weights)

1. Obsolete form of net weight.
   • 1824, Stephen Pike, The Teachers' Assistant: Or a System of Practical Arithmetic, page 97:

     What is the neat weight of 4 hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing 10cwt. 3qrs. 10lb. gross; — tare 100lb. per hdd.?