wait/weight

wait (wāt)

Verb. Intransitive

• To remain or rest in expectation: waiting for the guests to arrive.
• To remain or be in readiness: lunch waiting on the table.
• To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed: The trip will have to wait.
• To work as a waiter or waitress.

Verb. Transitive

• To remain or stay in expectation of; await: wait one's turn.
• Informal. To delay (a meal or an event); postpone: They waited lunch for us.
• To be a waiter or waitress at: wait tables.

Noun

• The act of waiting or the time spent waiting.

weight (wāt)

Noun

• A measure of the heaviness of an object.
• The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
• A unit measure of gravitational force: a table of weights and measures. .
• The measured heaviness of a specific object: a two-kilogram weight.

Verb. Transitive

• To add to, by or as if by attaching a weight; make heavy or heavier.
• To load down, burden, or oppress.
• To increase the weight or body of (fabrics) by treating with chemicals.
• Statistics. To assign weights or a weight to.
• To cause to have a slant or bias: weighted the rules in favour of homeowners.