weight

I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

He's working out with weights.

the weight of care or business

He was pushing weight.

[I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.

No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.

You’re no match for ’em. You ain’t up to their weight. It’s like little Black Strap standing up to Tom Spring,—the Black’s a pretty fighter but, Law bless you, his arm ain’t long enough to touch Tom,—and I tell you, you’re going it with fellers beyond your weight.