"weighting" in the noun sense
1. weight, weighting
statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
"weighting" in the verb sense
1. burden, burthen, weight, weight down
weight down with a load
2. slant, angle, weight
present with a bias
"He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
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