weighted

American  

[wey-tid] / ˈweɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. having additional weight.

2. burdened.

   weighted with sorrow.

3. adjusted or adapted to a representative value, especially in determining the value of a legislator's vote as proportionate to the population of that legislator's constituency.

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Other Word Forms

• self-weighted adjective
• weightedly adverb
• weightedness noun

Etymology

Origin of weighted

First recorded in 1650–60; weight + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The report showed an unusual slowdown in the price increases for rents and other housing costs, which are weighted heavily in US inflation calculations and have been a key point of concern for many households.

From BBC

In theory, other EU countries could override Belgium and ram the initiative through with a weighted majority but that would be a nuclear option that few see as likely for now.

From Barron's

For the index, the forward P/E is based on current stock prices and rolling 12-month earnings-per-share estimates for its constituent stocks among analysts polled by LSEG, weighted by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch

The trimmed mean and weighted median measures of underlying inflation preferred by the Bank of Canada cooled to the slowest pace since January, averaging 2.8% annually compared with 3.0% in October.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Tax Foundation estimates that while the weighted applied tariff rate on all imports has risen to 15.8%, the effective rate only rose to 11.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal

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