anchoring

Meanings

Noun

• The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
• The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.

Verb

• Present participle of anchor

Origin

• From anchor + -ing.