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
Steve	[sti:v]
Keely	KEE-lee	English
Eilert	AY-lert (Swedish)	Frisian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Francisco	frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Aithan	-	Biblical Greek
Alfwin	-	Ancient Germanic