carry an amount of weight

carry (an amount of) weight

tv. to have a degree of influence. Tom carries a lot of weight with the mayor. Ask him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tural	-	Azerbaijani
Yura	-	Russian, Ukrainian
Cadogan	-	Welsh, Irish
Jermaine	jər-MAYN	English
Cassander	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Oona	OO-na (Irish), O:-nah (Finnish)	Irish, Finnish