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The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.

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live weight

Source Word

live weight

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

屠殺前の動物、特に家畜の生きた状態での体重。

Before sale, the farmer recorded the live weight of each hog to set a fair price.

販売前に、農家は公平な価格を決めるために各豚の屠殺前の体重を記録した。

Sense（1）

The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing.

live weights

（ plural ）