Premium-rate telephone number. 900 number redirects here. For the mathematical entity, see 900 (number). Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged.
Gross Weight The gross weight of a shipping container, a trailer or a package is the weight of the cargo plus the weight of the container, trailer, shipment or packaging. The gross weight equals the net weight plus the tare weight. Net Weight The net weight of anything, whether it's a shipment you receive or send, or the weight of the soup you pour out of a soup can, is the weight of the goods or contents that you shipped or purchased. To shippers -- and for receivers -- the cost of shipping includes the cost of moving the cargo and the cargo's packaging.
Term: Gross, tare, net. Gross. The term Gross describes the weight of goods including any additional items that are being weighed simultaneously (e.g. a truck and trailer loaded with gravel). If the good is not weighed with any additional items, Gross and Net weights are identical. Tare. If a good is placed in a container when it is weighed (e.g. FIBC or bulk bags) , the term Tare (pronounced tear - as in 'tear in half') describes the weight of the container. Net.