A weighting is a value which is given to something according to how important or significant it is.
The tests and teacher assessments have equal weighting.
2. countable noun [usually singular]
A weighting is an advantage that a particular group of people receives in a system, especially an extra sum of money that people receive if they work in a city where the cost of living is veryhigh.
I get an extra £2,700-a-year London weighting.
3. See also weight
weighting in British English
(ˈweɪtɪŋ)
noun
1.
a factor by which some quantity is multiplied in order to make it comparable with others
See also weighted average
2.
an increase in some quantity, esp an additional allowance paid to compensate for higher living costs
a London weighting
Examples of 'weighting' in a sentence
weighting
Sport teaches life skills and must get a higher weighting.
The Sun (2012)
The weighting they give things is for their own benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Other lenders give more weighting to the two highest salaries and some do not take all the salaries into account.
The Sun (2007)
That could provide fuel for further gains today, given the weighting of the country's largest listed telecoms company.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Write them all down, and give them a weighting of one to five, according to how important they are.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
weighting
British English: weighting NOUN
A weighting is a value which is given to something according to how important or significant it is.
The tests and teacher assessments have equal weighting.
American English: weighting
Brazilian Portuguese: indenização de residência
Chinese: 权重
European Spanish: ponderación
French: pondération
German: Gewicht
Italian: peso
Japanese: 重要性
Korean: 가중치
European Portuguese: peso
Latin American Spanish: ponderación
All related terms of 'weighting'
weight
The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons .
wt.
Wt is a written abbreviation for → weight .
equity weighting
the practice of assigning different values to currencies according to factors such as geographical location and climate
weighting allowance
a factor by which some quantity is multiplied in order to make it comparable with others
weight down
If you weight something down , you put something heavy on it or in it in order to prevent it from moving easily .