Average

1. a. According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A tariff or duty on goods, etc.
4. n. Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
5. n. A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
6. n. The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
7. n. 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.
8. n. Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.
9. n. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
10. a. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.