carry the same weighting vs carry the same weight

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Carry the same weight' is the more common phrase and is used to indicate that two things have equal importance or significance. On the other hand, 'carry the same weighting' is less common and is often used in technical or statistical contexts to refer to assigning equal value or importance to different factors.

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carry the same weighting

This phrase is correct but less common than 'carry the same weight'. It is often used in technical or statistical contexts.

This phrase is used to indicate that different factors or variables are assigned equal value or importance, especially in technical or statistical discussions.

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Each of the above mentioned criteria (under point A) has the same weighting in the evaluation.
This leaves the fight being maintained by Spain and Poland, who are seeking to have the same weighting in the decision-making process as the other 'large countries'.
All three award criteria have the same weighting and a more detailed description of what information is to be provided for each award criteria by the applicant is contained in Annex 1 of the Guide for Applicants.
Records relating to different members of the same household carry the same serial number
Records relating to different members of the same household carry the same serial number
It simply does not carry the same stigma.
Each one carries the same genetic defect.
We must now carry the budget through in the same spirit.
Both categories of criteria carry the same weight in the evaluation.
Now, we all wear the same blue uniform, carry the same shield.
Whilst that bell carries the famous name, many others were cast from the same mold.
These developments can benefit customers through increased competition, better service quality and innovation, but at the same time they carry the risk of facilitating the spread of financial disturbances across borders.
We have to do both at the same time if we want to be able to carry the people with us - consumers, workers, and managers alike.
Australia carries the same weight as a middle-sized EU country or, indeed, a big region like North Rhine-Westphalia.
I would but I don't want to put Debbie's parents through a mudslinging trial, when importation carries the same sentencing parameters.
Where the values 0,25, 0,40, 0,25, and 0,1 are the same weighting values as in formula (2) and S1800, S3000, S6000, and S10000 are the standard deviations calculated with formula (3).
So in that respect, all religious traditions carry the same message, the same practice and the same effect.
The same queen for whom I carry the Papal Brief of Annulment?
The findings of memory detectives do not yet carry the same weight... as DNA evidence in court... but currently prove more reliable than polygraph tests.
Therefore such standards will help to reassure the public that human organs procured in another Member State nonetheless carry the same basic quality and safety guarantees as those obtained in their own country.

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carry equal weighting
have the same weighting