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av·er·age       [av-er-ij, av-rij] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -aged, -ag·ing.
–noun
1.a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
2.a typical amount, rate, degree, etc.; norm.
3.Statistics. arithmetic mean.
4.Mathematics. a quantity intermediate to a set of quantities.
5.Commerce.
a.a charge paid by the master of a ship for such services as pilotage or towage.
b.an expense, partial loss, or damage to a ship or cargo.
c.the incidence of such an expense or loss to the owners or their insurers.
d.an equitable apportionment among all the interested parties of such an expense or loss. Compare general average, particular average.
–adjective
6.of or pertaining to an average; estimated by average; forming an average: The average rainfall there is 180 inches.
7.typical; common; ordinary: The average secretary couldn't handle such a workload. His grades were nothing special, only average.
–verb (used with object)
8.to find an average value for (a variable quantity); reduce to a mean: We averaged the price of milk in five neighborhood stores.
9.(of a variable quantity) to have as its arithmetic mean: Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.
10.to do or have on the average: He averages seven hours of sleep a night.
–verb (used without object)
11.to have or show an average: to average as expected.
—Verb phrases
12.average down, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a lower price to reduce the average cost of one's holdings.
13.average out,
a.to come out of a security or commodity transaction with a profit or without a loss.
b.to reach an average or other figure: His taxes should average out to about a fifth of his income.
14.average up, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a higher price to take advantage of a contemplated further rise in prices.
—Idiom
15.on the or an average, usually; typically: She can read 50 pages an hour, on the average.
[Origin: 1485–95; earlier averay charge on goods shipped, orig. duty (< MF avarie < OIt avaria < Ar ʿawārīyah damaged merchandise), with -age r. -ay]

—Related forms
av·er·age·a·ble, adjective
av·er·age·ly, adverb
av·er·age·ness, noun
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av·er·age       (āv'ər-ĭj, āv'rĭj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Mathematics
    1. A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.
    2. See arithmetic mean.
    3. An intermediate level or degree: near the average in size.
    4. The usual or ordinary kind or quality: Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.
    5. The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.
    6. The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.
    7. The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.
    8. A charge incurred through such a loss.
    1. An intermediate level or degree: near the average in size.
    2. The usual or ordinary kind or quality: Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.
    3. The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.
    4. The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.
    5. The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.
    6. A charge incurred through such a loss.
  3. Sports The ratio of a team's or player's successful performances such as wins, hits, or goals, divided by total opportunities for successful performance, such as games, times at bat, or shots: finished the season with a .500 average; a batting average of .274.
  4. Law
    1. The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.
    2. The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.
    3. The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.
    4. A charge incurred through such a loss.
  5. Nautical Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.

adj.  
  1. Mathematics Of, relating to, or constituting an average.
  2. Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale: a player of average ability.
  3. Usual or ordinary in kind or character: a poll of average people; average eyesight.
  4. Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.

v.   av·er·aged, av·er·ag·ing, av·er·ag·es

v.   tr.
  1. Mathematics To calculate the average of: average a set of numbers.
  2. To do or have an average of: averaged three hours of work a day.
  3. To distribute proportionately: average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.

v.   intr.
To be or amount to an average: Some sparrows are six inches long, but they average smaller. Our expenses averaged out to 45 dollars per day.

Phrasal Verb(s):
average down
To purchase shares of the same security at successively lower prices in order to reduce the average price of one's position.
average up
To purchase shares of the same security at successively higher prices in order to achieve a larger position at an average price that is lower than the current market value.

[From Middle English averay, charge above the cost of freight, from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria, duty, from Arabic 'awārīya, damaged goods, from 'awār, blemish, from 'awira, to be damaged; see ʕwr in Semitic roots.]

av'er·age·ly adv., av'er·age·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives indicate a middle position on a scale of evaluation. Average and medium apply to what is midway between extremes and imply both sufficiency and lack of distinction: a novel of average merit; an orange of medium size.
Mediocre stresses the undistinguished aspect of what is average: "The caliber of the students . . . has gone from mediocre to above average" (Judy Pasternak).
What is fair is passable but substantially below excellent: in fair health.
Middling refers to a ranking between average and mediocre: gave a middling performance.
Indifferent suggests neutrality: "His home, alas, was but an indifferent attic" (Edward Everett Hale).
Something tolerable is merely acceptable: prepared a tolerable meal.

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