all-up weight

noun

chiefly British

: the total weight of an aircraft, boat, or vehicle when it is fully loaded (as during takeoff)

In this configuration the aircraft's all-up weight is just over a hundred tons.

—Kenneth Munson, Bombers in Service … Since 1960, 1975

… for a given all-up weight of glider, a gentle stall will always occur at the same indicated stalling speed.

—Derek Piggott, Gliding, 1976

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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