weighting
noun
[ ˈweɪtɪŋ ]
• allowance or adjustment made in order to take account of special circumstances or compensate for a distorting factor.
• "each score is then multiplied by the appropriate weighting, giving a weighted score"
• emphasis or priority.
• "they will give due weighting to quality as well as price"
weight
verb
• hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.
• "a mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers"
• attribute importance or value to.
• "speaking, reading, and writing should be weighted equally in the assessment"
• assign a handicap weight to (a horse).
• treat (a fabric) with a mineral to make it seem thicker and heavier.
Origin:
Old English (ge)wiht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wicht and German Gewicht . The form of the word has been influenced by weigh1.
