n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: 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 up
transitive verb
1 : to do, get, or have on the average or as an average sum or quantity < average s 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