weighting

weighting
weighting weight‧ing [ˈweɪtɪŋ] noun [singular, uncountable]
1. HUMAN RESOURCES additional money paid to someone because of the higher costs of living in a particular area; = COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE:

• The salary is £35,000 a year, including a London weighting allowance.

2. STATISTICS an additional value given to certain figures in a calculation, in order to allow for their importance:

• The bonus formula assigns a 20% weighting to profits and another 20% weighting to market share.

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   The weight, or importance, given to the various constituent components of an index or economic indicator.

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weighting UK US /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ noun
► [U] HR in the UK, extra money paid to someone because they work in an area where it is expensive to live: »

The salary of £15,537 increases to £17,778 with London weighting.

► [C or U] (also weighting factor [C]) MEASURES a value given to each thing in a group to show its importance when compared with others in the group: »

Index trackers buy shares in proportion to a company's weighting within a particular market index.

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Giving each stock equal weighting means that, overall, the fall has been 9.4%.

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a heavy/high/neutral weighting

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Different auto insurance companies attach different weighting factors and importance to the deductible.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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