n.
- the result obtained by adding several amounts together and then dividing the total by the number of amounts.
- a usual or ordinary amount, level, or rate.
- Law the apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.
adj.
- constituting an average.
- of the usual or ordinary amount, level, or rate.
▸mediocre:
a very average movie.
v.
- amount to or achieve as an average.
▸calculate or estimate the average of.
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(average out)
result in an even distribution.
Derivative
- averagely adv.
- averageness n.
Etymology
C15: from Fr. avarie ‘damage to ship or cargo’, from Ital. avaria, from Arab. ‘awār; the mod. sense arose from the equitable sharing of liability for losses at sea between the owners of the vessel and of the cargo.