Main Entry: ³average

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): av·er·aged; av·er·ag·ing

Date: 1769

intransitive verb 1 a : to be or come to an average <the gain averaged out to 20 percent> b : to have a medial value of <a color averaging a pale purple>
2 : 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 uptransitive verb 1 : to do, get, or have on the average or as an average sum or quantity <averages 12 hours of work a day>
2 : to find the arithmetic mean of (a series of unequal quantities)
3 a : to bring toward the average b : to divide among a number proportionately