deadweight
pronunciation
How to pronounce deadweight in British English:
UK [ˌdedˈweɪt]
How to pronounce deadweight in American English:
US
Word Origin
- deadweight (n.)
- 1650s, "weight of an inert body," from dead (adj.) + weight (n.).
Example
- 1. Taxes cause deadweight losses because they prevent buyers and sellers from realizing some of the gains from trade .
- 2. To the extent effective , the tax would eliminate the deadweight cost of congestion .
- 3. A 165 per cent surge in first-half orders for china has led to the change at the top in terms of deadweight tonnage .
- 4. Indeed , opponents like to blame keynesian policies for incurring avoidable debts as a deadweight burden , if not on us then on our grandchildren .
- 5. But you collect cash from those earning above the bracket without discouraging work and causing deadweight loss , because their overtime pay will not attract extra tax .