weighting
nounUK /ˈweɪtɪŋ/
US /ˈweɪtɪŋ/
A weighting is a special number that makes something count more or less.
The teacher gave extra weighting to the final exam.
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2. An extra amount of money paid to someone because their job is in a place where living costs more.
Workers in the city get a London weighting.
3. The act of adding something heavy to make an object stay down.
The weighting of the fishing net helped it sink.
4. A system that gives different levels of importance to different parts of a whole.
The survey used a weighting to make the results fair.