A calculation of the overall cost of capital used by an enterprise, made by totalling the cost of each source of capital used multiplied by its proportional share of the total capital used. Abbreviation: WACC
(Fotoğrafçılık) A mode of automatic light metering in a camera that compensates for differences in the brightness of the central and peripheral portions of the image
adjusted to reflect value or proportion; "votes weighted according to the size of constituencies"; "a law weighted in favor of landlords"; "a weighted average
A system that is weighted in favour of a particular person or group is organized so that this person or group has an advantage. The current electoral law is still heavily weighted in favour of the ruling party = biased. giving an advantage or disadvantage to one particular group or activity biased weighted against
The average percentage mark achieved by a student in assessed work from a given set of modules, individual module marks being weighted in the same proportion as the credit values and (where appropriate) levels of the modules concerned
Method to assign cost to inventory where the cost of goods available for sale is divided by the number of units available to get per unit cost that is then multiplied by the units in inventory after each sale (See (p 213))
A procedure for combining the mean of two or more groups of different sizes; it takes the sizes of the groups into account when computing the overall or grand mean For example, the All HMO average was weighted to reflect Medicaid population size which varies greatly among HMOs
A number that is derived by multiplying the number of responses for each rating times the value of that rating, totaling those figures, and then dividing by the total number of respondents answering that question
This average takes account of how long each rate was in effect by multiplying each historical rate by the number of days it was in effect, then dividing by the total number of days for which the average is being calculated
An average calculated by using two data items, 1) the percentage each item represents of the total amount, 2) the data item in which you are trying to get a weighted average
Given a sequence of function values and a matching sequence of real numbers, called weights, such that the sum of all of the weights is unity, then the sum of all of the products of the weights times the function values is called a weighted average of the function values
(Ticaret) A moving average that assigns different weights to values or periods within the total population, as opposed to an equal weighting as with a simple moving average. More weight is often given to the most recent period or periods