weighting
Britishnoun
-
a factor by which some quantity is multiplied in order to make it comparable with others See also weighted average
-
an increase in some quantity, esp an additional allowance paid to compensate for higher living costs
a London weighting
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The tech sector has a record-high market cap of over $23 trillion, a 37% weighting in the S&P 500, the largest percentage ever.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Goldman Sachs has a basket of what it calls high-beta momentum stocks, basically winners and losers over the last year, with an extra weighting on the outliers over the last month.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
The buyback aristocrat strategy showed a hypothetical 14.5% annual return over 10 years, with only 13% tech weighting.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Because the index eschews the modern index practice of free-float weighting in favor of the full market-value weight, that created a problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Rowan took the map from his pack and unrolled it on the grass, weighting the corners down with stones.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
