English Dictionary

short weight

名詞

不可算名詞

Weight that is less than that declared or less than one is charged for.

日本語の意味

宣言された重量または課金される重量よりも少ない重量 / 不足している重量、実際の計量値が基準値に達していない状態

The merchant was fined for selling goods with a short weight.

その商人は、表示より重量が不足している商品を販売したとして罰金を科された。

意味（1）

Weight that is less than that declared or less than one is charged for.

However, in the face of irrefutable evidence that at a time when England was able to grow her own food supplies provision dealers wilfully adulterated their goods or gave short weight, we cannot be surprised that the punishments inflicted went beyond fines.