average

/ˈa-v(ə-)rij/

from earlier average proportionally distributed charge for damage at sea, modification of Middle French avarie damage to ship or cargo, from Old Italian avaria, from Arabic ʽawārīya damaged merchandise

noun

  1. a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values

  2. mean

  3. an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean

average mean median norm mean something that represents a middle point. average is the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures. mean may be the simple average or it may represent value midway between two extremes.

adjective

  1. equaling an arithmetic mean

  2. being about midway between extremes

  3. not out of the ordinary : common

verb

  1. to be or come to an average

  2. to have a medial value of

  3. to buy on a falling market or sell on a rising market additional shares or commodities so as to obtain a more favorable average price —usually used with down or up

The gain averaged out to 20 percent.

colors that average to gray