Weighting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier. figuratively

    "Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies."

  2. 2
    (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of weight form-of, gerund, participle, present

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botherdemandexactioninconvenienceinflictionloading

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"After weighting the body with cement blocks and dumping it in the ocean, the hit man reported back to his boss that Tom now sleeps with the fishes."

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London weighting

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