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Average
Average Av"er*age, a.
1. Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a
mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.;
ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average
amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the
average stamp.
2. According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be
made good by average contribution.
AverageAverage Av"er*age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averaged (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Averaging.]
1. To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal;
to reduce to a mean.
2. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion;
as, to average a loss.
3. To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average. Average
Average Av"er*age, v. i.
To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to
amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the
owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars
average ten feet in length.
