Usually means: Maximum load one can transport.
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  1. carry weight: Merriam-Webster
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Definitions from Wiktionary (carry weight)

▸ verb:  To be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.
▸ verb:  To have influence.

Similar:
parapowerlift, man-handle, powerlift, handball, deadlift, footplate, pace, clean and jerk, muscle, uplift, more...

Opposite:
unimportant, insignificant, trivial, irrelevant, meaningless

Types:
burden, responsibility, liability, commitment, more...

Phrases:
to carry weight, Carry That Weight, more...

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Similar:
parapowerlift, man-handle, powerlift, handball, deadlift, footplate, pace, clean and jerk, muscle, uplift, more...

Opposite:
unimportant, insignificant, trivial, irrelevant, meaningless

Types:
burden, responsibility, liability, commitment, more...

Phrases:
to carry weight, Carry That Weight, more...



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