| slovo | definícia |
average
(mass) | average
- priemerný, priemerne, priemer |
average
(encz) | average,průměr n: |
average
(encz) | average,průměrná hodnota n: Zdeněk Brož |
average
(encz) | average,průměrně adv: mamm |
average
(encz) | average,průměrný adj: mamm |
average
(encz) | average,střední Zdeněk Brož |
average
(encz) | average,vypočítat průměr Zdeněk Brož |
average
(encz) | average,zjistit průměr Zdeněk Brož |
average
(encz) | average,zprůměrovat Mgr. Dita Gálová |
Average
(gcide) | Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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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2. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
[1913 Webster]
On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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Average
(gcide) | Average \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.
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2. According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be
made good by average contribution.
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Average
(gcide) | Average \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.
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2. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion;
as, to average a loss.
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3. To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
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Average
(gcide) | Average \Av"er*age\, v. i.
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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average
(wn) | average
adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected
value; "the average income in New England is below that
of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the
mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)]
2: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly
encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man
in the street" [syn: average, ordinary]
3: lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average
merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair
health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre
to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
[syn: average, fair, mediocre, middling]
4: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of
average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
[syn: average, intermediate, medium]
5: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a
distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists
reach their peak is 30" [syn: modal(a), average]
6: relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered
set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with
an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and
36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000" [syn:
median(a), average]
n 1: a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it
set the norm for American homes" [syn: average, norm]
2: (sports) the ratio of successful performances to
opportunities
3: an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he
is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is
below average"
v 1: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The
number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" [syn:
average, average out]
2: achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"
3: compute the average of [syn: average, average out] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
belowaverage
(mass) | below-average
- pod priemer |
autoregressive integrated moving average
(encz) | autoregressive integrated moving average,autoregresivní integrovaný
klouzavý průměr n: [mat.] web |
average cost pricing
(encz) | average cost pricing,oceňování na bázi průměrných nákladů [ekon.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
average cost pricing of utilites
(encz) | average cost pricing of utilites,stanovení cen veřejných výrob podle
průměrných nákladů [ekon.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
average costs
(encz) | average costs,průměrné náklady Mgr. Dita Gálová |
average irrigation quantity
(encz) | average irrigation quantity,průměrné závlahové množství [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
average mixed sample
(encz) | average mixed sample,průměrný vzorek (vody) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
average out
(encz) | average out,činit průměrně Zdeněk Brožaverage out,dosahovat průměru Zdeněk Brožaverage out,vycházet průměrně Zdeněk Brož |
average product of labour
(encz) | average product of labour,průměrná produktivita práce [ekon.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
average reservoir depth
(encz) | average reservoir depth,průměrná hloubka nádrže [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
average run length
(encz) | average run length,průměrná délka série n: [mat.] web |
average tax rate
(encz) | average tax rate,průměrná sazba daně [ekon.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
average yield of water source
(encz) | average yield of water source,průměrná vydatnost vodního
zdroje [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
averaged
(encz) | averaged,zprůměrovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
averageness
(encz) | averageness,průměrnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
averages
(encz) | averages,průměry n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
below-average
(encz) | below-average,podprůměrný adj: Pino |
corporate average fuel economy (cafe) standards
(encz) | Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards,podnikové standardy
průměrné úspornosti při použití paliv [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
double moving average
(encz) | double moving average,klouzavý průměr druhého stupně n: [mat.] web |
dow jones average
(encz) | Dow Jones Average, |
fielding average
(encz) | fielding average, n: |
grade point average
(encz) | grade point average, |
law of averages
(encz) | law of averages, n: |
long-run average cost curve
(encz) | long-run average cost curve,křivka dlouhodobých průměrných
nákladů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
long-term average value
(encz) | long-term average value,dlouhodobý průměr (hydrologie) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
moving average
(encz) | moving average, moving average,klouzavý průměr [tech.] Jiří Jansa |
on average
(encz) | on average, adv: |
on the average
(encz) | on the average, adv: |
sdr weighted average interest rate
(encz) | SDR weighted average interest rate, |
single moving average
(encz) | single moving average,klouzavý průměr prvního stupně n: [mat.] web |
weighted average
(encz) | weighted average,vážený průměr Zdeněk Brož |
weighted average cost of capital
(encz) | weighted average cost of capital,vážený průměr nákladů na
kapitál WACC Ivan Masár |
Average
(gcide) | Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
[1913 Webster]
On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
[1913 Webster]Average \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.
[1913 Webster]
2. According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be
made good by average contribution.
[1913 Webster]Average \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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion;
as, to average a loss.
[1913 Webster]
3. To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
[1913 Webster]Average \Av"er*age\, v. i.
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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Averaged
(gcide) | Average \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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion;
as, to average a loss.
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3. To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
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Dow-Jones Industrial Average
(gcide) | Dow-Jones Industrial Average \Dow-Jones Industrial Average\, n.
(Finance)
an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock
Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a
weighted average of the prices of the common stocks of 30
specific companies classified as "industrial". The Dow Jones
Industrial Average is often taken as an indicator of the
movement of American stock prices generally, though other
indices are maintained, averaging the prices of other stocks,
and these often change in opposite directions from those of
the DJIA.
Syn: DJI, DJIA, Dow, Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Average. [PJC] |
General average
(gcide) | General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g['e]n['e]ral, fr. L. generalis. See
Genus.]
1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class
or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable
economy.
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2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or
particular; including all particulars; as, a general
inference or conclusion.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not
specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a
loose and general expression.
[1913 Webster]
4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;
prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general
opinion; a general custom.
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This general applause and cheerful shout
Argue your wisdom and your love to Richard. --Shak.
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5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,
our general sire. --Milton.
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6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
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His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.
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7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or
method.
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Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually
denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;
adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster
general; vicar-general, etc.
[1913 Webster]
General agent (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to
transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act
in his affairs generally.
General assembly. See the Note under Assembly.
General average, General Court. See under Average,
Court.
General court-martial (Mil.), the highest military and
naval judicial tribunal.
General dealer (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all
articles in common use.
General demurrer (Law), a demurrer which objects to a
pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without
specifying the defects. --Abbott.
General epistle, a canonical epistle.
General guides (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and
the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and
left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy
in marching. --Farrow.
General hospitals (Mil.), hospitals established to receive
sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.
General issue (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which
traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,
without offering any special matter to evade it.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
General lien (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,
until payment is made of any balance due on a general
account.
General officer (Mil.), any officer having a rank above
that of colonel.
General orders (Mil.), orders from headquarters published
to the whole command.
General practitioner, in the United States, one who
practices medicine in all its branches without confining
himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices
both as physician and as surgeon.
General ship, a ship not chartered or let to particular
parties.
General term (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general
conception or notion.
General verdict (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict
in civil actions, "for the plaintiff" or "for the
defendant". --Burrill.
General warrant (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend
suspected persons, without naming individuals.
Syn: Syn. General, Common, Universal.
Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and
hence, that which is often met with. General is
stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority
of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.
Universal, that which pertains to all without
exception. To be able to read and write is so common
an attainment in the United States, that we may
pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
[1913 Webster]Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." --Shak.
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A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
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Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
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4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
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5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
gross remark.
[PJC]
6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
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Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
[1913 Webster]Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
[1913 Webster]
On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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general average
(gcide) | General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g['e]n['e]ral, fr. L. generalis. See
Genus.]
1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class
or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable
economy.
[1913 Webster]
2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or
particular; including all particulars; as, a general
inference or conclusion.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not
specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a
loose and general expression.
[1913 Webster]
4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;
prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general
opinion; a general custom.
[1913 Webster]
This general applause and cheerful shout
Argue your wisdom and your love to Richard. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,
our general sire. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
[1913 Webster]
His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or
method.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually
denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;
adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster
general; vicar-general, etc.
[1913 Webster]
General agent (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to
transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act
in his affairs generally.
General assembly. See the Note under Assembly.
General average, General Court. See under Average,
Court.
General court-martial (Mil.), the highest military and
naval judicial tribunal.
General dealer (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all
articles in common use.
General demurrer (Law), a demurrer which objects to a
pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without
specifying the defects. --Abbott.
General epistle, a canonical epistle.
General guides (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and
the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and
left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy
in marching. --Farrow.
General hospitals (Mil.), hospitals established to receive
sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.
General issue (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which
traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,
without offering any special matter to evade it.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
General lien (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,
until payment is made of any balance due on a general
account.
General officer (Mil.), any officer having a rank above
that of colonel.
General orders (Mil.), orders from headquarters published
to the whole command.
General practitioner, in the United States, one who
practices medicine in all its branches without confining
himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices
both as physician and as surgeon.
General ship, a ship not chartered or let to particular
parties.
General term (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general
conception or notion.
General verdict (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict
in civil actions, "for the plaintiff" or "for the
defendant". --Burrill.
General warrant (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend
suspected persons, without naming individuals.
Syn: Syn. General, Common, Universal.
Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and
hence, that which is often met with. General is
stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority
of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.
Universal, that which pertains to all without
exception. To be able to read and write is so common
an attainment in the United States, that we may
pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
[1913 Webster]Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." --Shak.
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A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
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Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
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4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
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5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
gross remark.
[PJC]
6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
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Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
[1913 Webster]Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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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2. [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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
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On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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General average
(gcide) | General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g['e]n['e]ral, fr. L. generalis. See
Genus.]
1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class
or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable
economy.
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2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or
particular; including all particulars; as, a general
inference or conclusion.
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3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not
specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a
loose and general expression.
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4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;
prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general
opinion; a general custom.
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This general applause and cheerful shout
Argue your wisdom and your love to Richard. --Shak.
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5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,
our general sire. --Milton.
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6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
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His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.
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7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or
method.
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Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually
denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;
adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster
general; vicar-general, etc.
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General agent (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to
transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act
in his affairs generally.
General assembly. See the Note under Assembly.
General average, General Court. See under Average,
Court.
General court-martial (Mil.), the highest military and
naval judicial tribunal.
General dealer (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all
articles in common use.
General demurrer (Law), a demurrer which objects to a
pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without
specifying the defects. --Abbott.
General epistle, a canonical epistle.
General guides (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and
the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and
left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy
in marching. --Farrow.
General hospitals (Mil.), hospitals established to receive
sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.
General issue (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which
traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,
without offering any special matter to evade it.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
General lien (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,
until payment is made of any balance due on a general
account.
General officer (Mil.), any officer having a rank above
that of colonel.
General orders (Mil.), orders from headquarters published
to the whole command.
General practitioner, in the United States, one who
practices medicine in all its branches without confining
himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices
both as physician and as surgeon.
General ship, a ship not chartered or let to particular
parties.
General term (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general
conception or notion.
General verdict (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict
in civil actions, "for the plaintiff" or "for the
defendant". --Burrill.
General warrant (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend
suspected persons, without naming individuals.
Syn: Syn. General, Common, Universal.
Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and
hence, that which is often met with. General is
stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority
of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.
Universal, that which pertains to all without
exception. To be able to read and write is so common
an attainment in the United States, that we may
pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
[1913 Webster]Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." --Shak.
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A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
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Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
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4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
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5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
gross remark.
[PJC]
6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
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Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
[1913 Webster]Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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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2. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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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.
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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.
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5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
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On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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Gross average
(gcide) | Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." --Shak.
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A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
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Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
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4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
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5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
gross remark.
[PJC]
6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
[1913 Webster]
8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
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Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
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On an average
(gcide) | Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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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2. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
[1913 Webster]
On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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Particular average
(gcide) | Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
L. particularis. See Particle.]
1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
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[Make] each particular hair to stand an end,
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak.
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Seken in every halk and every herne
Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer.
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2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
personal; peculiar; singular. "Thine own particular
wrongs." --Shak.
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Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
juice out of the earth. --Bacon.
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3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
belle of the party.
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4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
particular in his dress.
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5. (Law)
(a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
(b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
--Blackstone.
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6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g.
(particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
negative) Some men are not wise.
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Particular average. See under Average.
Particular Baptist, one of a branch of the Baptist
denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
particular or individual election and reprobation.
Particular lien (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
connected with, that particular thing.
Particular redemption, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
number of the human race. See Calvinism.
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Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
circumstantial. See Minute.
[1913 Webster]Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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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2. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
[1913 Webster]
On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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Petty averages
(gcide) | Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Pettier
(p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Pettiest.] [OE. petit, F.
petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf.
Petit.]
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a
petty prince. --Denham.
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Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all. --Milton.
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Petty averages. See under Average.
Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or
amounts.
Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See Petit.
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Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
[1913 Webster]Average \Av"er*age\, n. [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. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) 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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2. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
[1913 Webster]
On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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Slugging average
(gcide) | Slugging average \Slug"ging av`er*age\ (Baseball)
a measure of the effectiveness of a batter at reaching base
and advancing other runners, calculated as the sum of the
number of bases reached on each hit, divided by the total
number of times at bat. A double counts two bases, a triple
three, a home run four. Thus a batter with four singles, two
doubles and a triple in 20 official times at bat would have a
slugging average of 0.550, and a batting average of 0.350.
Also called slugging percentage. Compare batting average.
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average cost
(wn) | average cost
n 1: total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by
the number of units |
average out
(wn) | average out
v 1: compute the average of [syn: average, average out]
2: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The
number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" [syn:
average, average out] |
averageness
(wn) | averageness
n 1: the state of being that is average; indicates normality but
with connotations of mediocrity
2: ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not
outstanding [syn: averageness, mediocrity] |
batting average
(wn) | batting average
n 1: (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number
of base hits divided by the number of official times at
bat; "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400"
[syn: batting average, hitting average]
2: (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times
some effort succeeds; "the salesman's batting average was 7
out of 12" |
dow-jones industrial average
(wn) | Dow-Jones Industrial Average
n 1: an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share
values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock
Exchange; "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most
widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing"
[syn: Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Industrial Average] |
earned run average
(wn) | earned run average
n 1: (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness;
calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by
the pitcher for every nine innings pitched [syn: {earned
run average}, ERA] |
fielding average
(wn) | fielding average
n 1: (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance; the number
of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances |
grade point average
(wn) | grade point average
n 1: a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college
or university; calculated by dividing the total number of
grade points received by the total number attempted [syn:
grade point average, GPA] |
hitting average
(wn) | hitting average
n 1: (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number
of base hits divided by the number of official times at
bat; "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400"
[syn: batting average, hitting average] |
law of averages
(wn) | law of averages
n 1: a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will
determine performance |
on average
(wn) | on average
adv 1: typically; "on average he watches three movies a week"
[syn: on the average, on average] |
on the average
(wn) | on the average
adv 1: typically; "on average he watches three movies a week"
[syn: on the average, on average] |
average seek time
(foldoc) | average seek time
The mean time it takes to move the head of a
disk drive from one track to another, averaged over the
source and destination cylinders. Usually measured in
milliseconds (ms).
The average seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the
drive in a multi-user environment where successive read/write
request are largely uncorrelated.
Ten ms is common for a hard disk and 200 ms for an
eight-speed CD-ROM.
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GROSS AVERAGE
(bouvier) | GROSS AVERAGE, mar. law. That kind of average which falls on the ship,
cargo, and freight, and. is distinguished from particular average. See
Average.
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PARTICULAR AVERAGE
(bouvier) | PARTICULAR AVERAGE. This term, particular average, has been condemned as not
being exact. See Average. It denotes, in general, every kind of expense or
damage, short of total loss which regards a particular concern, and which is
to be borne by the proprietor of that concern alone. Between the insurer and
insured, the term includes losses of this description, as far as the
underwriter is liable. Particular average must not be understood as a total
loss of a part; for these two kinds of losses are perfectly distinct from
each other. A total loss of a part may be recovered, where a particular
average would not be recoverable. See Stev. on Av. 77.
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PETTY AVERAGE
(bouvier) | PETTY AVERAGE. A contribution by the owners of the ship, freight and goods
on board, for losses sustained by the ship and cargo, which consist of small
charges. Vide Average.
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