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thumb|right|400px|A simple crane
A counterweight is a weight that, by applying an opposite force, provides balance and stability of a mechanical system. The purpose of a counterweight is to make lifting the load faster and more efficient, which saves energy and causes less wear and tear on the lifting machine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “counterweight” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.