deadweight
11Deadweight loss — created by a binding price ceiling. Producer surplus is necessarily decreased, while consumer surplus may or may not increase; however the decrease in producer surplus must be greater than the increase (if any) in consumer surplus. In economics,… …
12Deadweight (American band) — Deadweight Origin San Francisco, California Genres Alternative rock Years active 1994 present Associated acts Eric McFadden Experience Les Claypool s Fancy Band Cake …
13Deadweight (song) — Deadweight Single by Beck from the album A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack Released …
14deadweight tonnage — ˌdeadweight ˈtonnage abbreviation dwt noun [uncountable] TRANSPORT another name for deadweight * * * deadweight tonnage UK US noun [U] (ABBREVIATION …
15deadweight cargo — ➔ cargo * * * deadweight cargo UK US noun [C or U] TRANSPORT ► goods that are very heavy in relation to the space that they take up. The cost of transporting these goods is calculated by their weight: »The tanker has sufficient cubic capacity to… …
16deadweight capacity — deadweight (carrying) capacity UK US noun [C or U] TRANSPORT ► DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE(Cf. ↑deadweight tonnage) …
17deadweight carrying capacity — deadweight (carrying) capacity UK US noun [C or U] TRANSPORT ► DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE(Cf. ↑deadweight tonnage) …
18deadweight (carrying) capacity — deadweight ( carrying) capacity deadweight ( carrying) capacity ➔ capacity …
19deadweight loss — UK US noun [C or U] ► ECONOMICS, TAX a loss that occurs when a government raises taxes in order to get more money, but then loses money as a result. For example, a company that goes bankrupt because of increased taxes will stop paying taxes… …
20deadweight tonne — UK US noun [C usually plural] TRANSPORT ► a measurement of the weight of a ship when it is empty: »The company has more than half its 200,000 deadweight tonnes of barges lying idle …
