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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. |
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A tariff or duty on goods, etc. |
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Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight
of goods shipped. |
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A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed
upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils. |
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The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or
expense among all interested. |
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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. |
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Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a
comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity,
quality, rate, etc. |
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In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several
kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. |
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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. |
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According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be
made good by average contribution. |
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To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are
unequal; to reduce to a mean. |
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To divide among a number, according to a given
proportion; as, to average a loss. |
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To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average. |
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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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