weighbridge
IPA: wˈeɪbrɪdʒ
noun
- (UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
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Examples of "weighbridge" in Sentences
- The Sprinter: he parked on a weighbridge, which I had to drive on, and reverse off.
- "Some of these transporters are caught up to 20 times a month at the same weighbridge."
- Coal was brought in past the red brick gothic superintendent's lodge and on to this weighbridge next to a green sentry box containing the dial.
- The Transnet head said an internal investigation into disputed weighbridge figures and associated "credit notes" would be completed by the end of October.
- "Legally loaded vehicles will receive a stamped weighbridge printout signed by the traffic officer on duty," said Alictoun, explaining that customs would have the right to call for this document.
- A forensic audit, conducted by the Auditor-General's office, found non-ferrous scrap metal was sold by Transnet at below-market prices, as well as computation errors on invoices and weighbridge inaccuracies.
- A forensic audit, conducted by the Auditor-General's office, found non-ferrous scrap metal was sold by Transnet at below-market prices, as well as computation errors on invoices, and weighbridge inaccuracies.
- The one nearest the road is most likely to do with the weighbridge, this little building is smaller and probably stored goods sidings paraphanalia such as oil lamps, wagon hitching poles and a shelf for white enamelled cans of tea.
- "The initiative will see the establishment of a compulsory weighbridge for heavy goods vehicles at the Grobler's Bridge border post (in Limpopo) with Botswana from Wednesday," said spokesman for the Road Freight Association, Mike Alictoun.
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