AVERAGED
Verb
averaged
simple past tense and past participle of average
Source: Wiktionary
AVERAGE
Av"er*age, n. Etym: [OF. average, LL. averagium, prob. fr. OF. aver,
F. avoir, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop. infin., to have, from
L. habere to have. Cf. F. avérage small cattle, and avarie (perh. of
different origin) damage to ship or cargo, port dues. The first
meaning was peAver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law)
Definition: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. avarie damage to ship or cargo.] (Com.)
(a) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.]
(b) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods
shipped.
(c) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon
one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
(d) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense
among all interested. General average, a contribution made, by all
parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the
voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in
interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average,
because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at
risk and saved by the sacrifice. Kent.
– Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening
to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in consequence of some fortuitous
or unavoidable accident; and it is borne by the individual owners of
the articles damaged, or by their insurers.
– Petty averages are sundry small charges, which occur regularly,
and are necessarily defrayed by the master in the usual course of a
voyage; such as port charges, common pilotage, and the like, which
formerly were, and in some cases still are, borne partly by the ship
and partly by the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of
lading, "primage and average accustomed," average means a kind of
composition established by usage for such charges, which were
formerly assessed by way of average. Arnould. Abbott. Phillips.
3. 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.
4. Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison
of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality,
rate, etc. "The average of sensations." Paley.
5. pl.
Definition: In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several
kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. On an average, taking
the mean of unequal numbers or quantities.
Av"er*age, a.
1. 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.
2. According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good
by average contribution.
Av"er*age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averaged (p. pr. & vb. n. Averaging.]
1. To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to
reduce to a mean.
2. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to
average a loss.
3. To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
Av"er*age, v. i.
Definition: To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to
amount to, or to be, on an ~; as, the losses of the owners will
average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in
length.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition