Definitions
1.verbTo add weight to something; to make something heavier.
2.verbTo load, burden or oppress someone.
3.verbTo assign weights to individual statistics.
4.verbTo bias something; to slant.
5.verbTo handicap a horse with a specified weight.
6.verbTo give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
7.nounThe weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier."Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies."