|
Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! |
|
Home -
Quote Topics -
Quote Keywords -
Author Types -
Author Nationalities
Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! |
|
Home -
Quote Topics -
Quote Keywords -
Author Types -
Author Nationalities
Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
|
|
|
|
Definition of Average
|
|
|
Average
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. Related Definitions:
Ability, Accomplish, According, Addition, All, Among, Amount, An, And, Any, Are, Arithmetical, As, Average, Be, Been, Benefit, By, Carriage, Charge, Comparison, Containing, Contribution, Corn, Damage, Derived, Distribution, Diverse, Divide, Do, Done, Duty, Each, English, Englishman, Equitable, Estimate, Exist, Expense, Feet, Find, Five, For, Form, Freight, From, General, Get, Given, Good, Goods, Grain, His, Has, If, Imposed, In, Interested, Is, Length, Lord, Loss, Made, Mean, Medial, Medium, Must, Number, Of, On, One, Or, Ordinary, Out, Owed, Pertaining, Price, Principal, Profit, Proportion, Proportionate, Quality, Quantities, Quantity, Rain, Rate, Reduce, Regular, Sea, Service, Several, Shipped, Size, Specific, Stamp, Statement, Sum, Tariff, Ten, Tenant, That, The, These, Thus, To, Trade, Turf, Twenty, Unequal, Upon, Usual, Wheat, When, Which, Will, Work |
|
|
Average Quotations
The average is that which no person quite ever is. Robert Anton Wilson The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill I'm an average person. Jim Hodges Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor 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 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Quotes
RSS Feeds
Copyright 2008 BrainyMedia.com
|
|