weighting
Britishnoun
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a factor by which some quantity is multiplied in order to make it comparable with others See also weighted average
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an increase in some quantity, esp an additional allowance paid to compensate for higher living costs
a London weighting
Example Sentences
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It’s more difficult for a fund to adjust exposure to private firms as the fund’s size increases, which can dilute the weighting of exposure to SpaceX.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Enforcing the new three-times float rule to low-float companies—those with public floats below 33.3% of their shares outstanding—ensures that SpaceX’s initial weighting won’t be significantly higher.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Housing, which has the biggest weighting in the CPI basket, was the largest contributor to annual inflation with a 6.3% rise.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The information-technology sector, which includes the red-hot chip subsector, is just 17.1% of the Dow, or less than half its 35% weighting in the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
“Any merchant who advertises ‘Honest Scales’ must have been thinking about weighting them,” she says.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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