Average, av'-er-aje, s

the mean sum, quantity, or value, made out of unequal sums, quantities, or values, by adding these together and dividing by the number of them: a. containing a mean proportion; ordinary: v.a. to find the mean of unequal sums or quantities; to reduce to a mean; to divide according to A general an average: v.n. to form amean sum or quantity. average, a contribution to a general lo , when, for the safety of a ship in distre , any destruction to the ship is incurred, all persons who have goods on board, or property in the ship, contribute to the lo according to their average, that is, the goods of each onboard [Comm.] Petty or accustomed averages, charges payable by the shippers of goods to the master of the ship, over and above the freight, for his care of the goods. Upon or on an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or quantities (L. habeo, to have; Fr. avarice, damage) tion;positive a ertion establishment by evidence; an offer of either party; to justify or prove what he alleges [Law]