Average
(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. |
Average
(n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. |
Average
(n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped. |
Average
(n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit |
Average
(n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested. |
Average
(n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities |
Average
(n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases |
Average
(n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. |
Average
(a.) Pertaining to an average or mean |
Average
(a.) According to the laws of averages |
Average
(v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal |
Average
(v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion |
Average
(v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average. |
Average
(v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity |
Balance
(n.) An apparatus for weighing. |
Balance
(n.) Act of weighing mentally |
Balance
(n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales. |
Balance
(n.) The state of being in equipoise |
Balance
(n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account |
Balance
(n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary). |
Balance
(n.) The constellation Libra. |
Balance
(n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September. |
Balance
(n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S. |
Balance
(n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights |
Balance
(n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling |
Balance
(n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion |
Balance
(n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc. |
Balance
(n.) To settle and adjust, as an account |
Balance
(n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal |
Balance
(n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits |
Balance
(n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally |
Balance
(n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass |
Balance
(v. i.) To have equal weight on each side |
Balance
(v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force |
Balance
(v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back. |
Balance wheel
() A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel
() A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). |
Balance wheel
() A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
analytical balance
chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
| balance | a scale for weighing, depends on pull of gravity |
balance beam
beam | a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
balance wheel
balance | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine, especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
| beam balance | a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
counterweight
counterbalance
counterpoise
balance equalizer
equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
| electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
spring balance
spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
| torsion balance | measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire |
symmetry
symmetricalness
correspondence balance | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation, exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane |
proportion proportionality
balance | harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design), in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin |
| average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
equilibrium
labyrinthine sense
vestibular sense
sense of balance
sense of equilibrium | a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head |
| average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual, he is about average in height, the snowfall this month is below average |
average
norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution, it set the norm for American homes |
Dow Jones
Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip 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 |
earned run average
ERA | (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 |
grade point average
GPA | 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 |
Libra
Libra the Balance
Balance
Libra the Scales | the seventh sign of the zodiac, the sun is in this sign from about September to October |
Libra
Balance | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra |
| balance sheet | a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets |
| balance | equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account |
| balance | the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account |
balance of trade
trade balance
visible balance
trade gap | the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise, a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports |
compensating balance
offsetting balance | a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan, a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank, the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged |
| invisible balance | the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of services and payments of property incomes |
balance of payments
balance of international payments | a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year, a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out |
| trial balance | a balance of debits and credits in double-entry bookkeeping, drawn up to test their equality |
acid-base equilibrium
acid-base balance | (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body, with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline |
remainder
balance
residual
residue
residuum
rest | something left after other parts have been taken away, there was no remainder, he threw away the rest, he took what he wanted and I got the balance |
batting average
hitting average | (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 . |
| batting average | (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds, the salesman's batting average was out of |
| fielding average | (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance, the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances |
| average | (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities |
balance
equilibrium
equipoise
counterbalance | equality of distribution |
| balance | a state of equilibrium |
| balance of power | an equilibrium of power between nations |
| dynamic balance | (aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced |
| electrolyte balance | an equilibrium between the amounts of electrolytes (as calcium and sodium and potassium) that is essential for normal health and functioning |
| nitrogen balance | the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted) |
mental soundness
mental balance | the healthy psychological state of someone with good judgment |
| balance-of-payments problem | an economic problem caused by payments for imports being greater than receipts for exports |
average
average out | compute the average of |
| poise balance | hold or carry in equilibrium |
| balance | compute credits and debits of an account |
| average | achieve or reach on average, He averaged a C |
average
average out | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain, The number of hours I work per work averages out to |
balance
equilibrate
equilibrize
equilibrise | bring into balance or equilibrium, She has to balance work and her domestic duties, balance the two weights |
| balance | be in equilibrium, He was balancing on one foot |
average
ordinary | lacking special distinction, rank, or status, commonly encountered, average people, the ordinary (or common) man in the street |