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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.
A tariff or duty on goods, etc.
Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
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.
Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.
In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
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.
According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.
To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
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.
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Average Quotations
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
Theodore Roosevelt
Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
Garrison Keillor
When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.
Ron Paul
Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.
Satchel Paige
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Sigmund Freud
Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
Sigmund Freud
I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.
Kurt Cobain
One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Average Translations
average in Afrikaans is gemiddeld, medium
average in Danish is midte, gennemsnitlig, gennemsnit
average in Dutch is gemiddeld
average in Finnish is keskiarvo, keskipiste
average in French is moyenne
average in German is Durchschnitts..., Durchschnitt
average in Latin is mediocris
average in Norwegian is gjennomsnitt
average in Spanish is mediania, promedio
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