weighted index
noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKETDefinition
› an index that takes into account the importance of particular things, for example the amount of trade between each of the countries involved: The Russell 2000 Index TR is a total return weighted index. On the Reserve Bank's Trade Weighted Index the Australian dollar ended on Friday at 55.6, down from 56.8 the previous week.
(Definition of weighted index noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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