average

Definitions

1. 1noun

   That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

2. 2noun

   A tariff or duty on goods, etc.

3. 3noun

   Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

4. 4noun

   A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

5. 5noun

   The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.

6. 6noun

   A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.

7. 7noun

   Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.

8. 8noun

   In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

9. 9adjective

   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.

10. 10adjective

    According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.

11. 11transitive verb

    To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.

12. 12transitive verb

    To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

13. 13transitive verb

    To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.

14. 14intransitive verb

    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.

15. 15noun

    an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

    "he is about average in height"

    "the snowfall this month is below average"

16. 16noun

    a statistic describing the location of a distribution

    "it set the norm for American homes"

    Synonyms

    norm
17. 17noun

    (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

18. 18verb

    compute the average of

19. 19verb

    achieve or reach on average

    "He averaged a C"

20. 20verb

    amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

    "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

21. 21adjective

    lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

    "average people"

    "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

    Synonyms

    ordinary
22. 22adjective

    around the middle of a scale of evaluation

    "an orange of average size"

    "intermediate capacity"

    Synonyms

    intermediatemedium
23. 23adjective

    approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

    "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"

    "of average height for his age"

    Synonyms

    mean
24. 24adjective

    relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)

    "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"

    "the median income for the year was $15,000"

    Synonyms

    median
25. 25adjective

    relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

    "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"

    Synonyms

    modal
26. 26adjective

    lacking exceptional quality or ability

    "a novel of average merit"

    "only a fair performance of the sonata"

    Synonyms

    fairmediocremiddling