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• v  have a certain weight
• v  show consideration for; take into account
• v  determine the weight of
  The butcher weighed the chicken
• v  have weight; have import, carry weight
• v  to be oppressive or burdensome
  weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind

• Two and a half years after Benson's final weigh-in at 94 kg, the new dad has slipped out of the spotlight and into old habits.
• But, asked the skeptics, if gestation went on so long, why did Penny Diana weigh only 6 lb.
• Eventually I stopped dreading those daily weigh-ins and started trying to figure out exactly what I needed to do to shed a few pounds.

• consider
• count
• librate
• matter
• press

News & Articles

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• UFC 161 Weigh-in: Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson Staredown Video
  At the UFC 161 weigh-in, Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson had one last chance to measure each other up before they compete against one another on Saturday. Though looking lean, Evans tipped the scales at the 206-pound limit for his light heavyweight non-title bout with Henderson. A former middleweight title challenger, Henderson came in a tad lighter at 204 pounds on Friday. Evans has lost two ...
  June 15, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• UFC 161 Weigh-in Results: Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson Hit the Mark
  The UFC 161 line-up has gone through several changes, but now that it's settled the fighters on the card on Friday had to face one final hurdle before stepping into the Octagon in Winnipeg on Saturday night. They had to step on the scale for the UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson official weigh-ins.
  June 15, 2013 - MMA Weekly via Yahoo! Sports
• UFC 161 weigh-in photos: An MMAjunkie.com image gallery
  WINNIPEG – MMAjunkie.com was on scene for today's official fighter weigh-ins for UFC 161, where all 22 competitors made weight for Saturday's card. Check out our photo gallery from the weigh-ins inside.
  June 15, 2013 - MMA Junkie

Quotes

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• Barry Bonds in ESPN
  Let them investigate. Let them, they've been doing it this long,Bonds said Tuesday after his first workout this year with the San Francisco Giants. "It doesn't weigh on me at all -- at all. It's just you guys talking. It's just media...
• Shane Warne in Times Online
  If Ricky Ponting [the Australia captain] came to me and said, 'Mate, can you please help us out for this one-off tour because we need you,' that is something I would weigh up,Warne said.
• Ben Bernanke in NEWS.com.au
  The demand for housing seems to have weakened further,Mr Bernanke said, while "a number of factors, including higher oil prices, lower equity prices, and softening home values, seem likely to weigh on consumer spending as we move into...