averages
noun
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The arithmetic mean.
Example: The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
(marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
verb
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To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
Example: If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.
Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
Example: I averaged 75% in my examinations this year.
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
Example: to average a loss
To be, generally or on average.
noun
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The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.