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 |
Method (n.) An orderly procedure or process |
Method (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification |
Method (n.) Classification |
Return (v. i.) To turn back |
Return (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular |
Return (v. i.) To speak in answer |
Return (v. i.) To revert |
Return (v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument. |
Return (v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back |
Return (v. t.) To repay |
Return (v. t.) To give in requital or recompense |
Return (v. t.) To give back in reply |
Return (v. t.) To retort |
Return (v. t.) To report, or bring back and make known. |
Return (v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior |
Return (v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers. |
Return (v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done |
Return (v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. |
Return (v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net. |
Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner |
Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition |
Return (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition |
Return (n.) That which is returned. |
Return (n.) A payment |
Return (n.) An answer |
Return (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like |
Return (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc. |
Return (n.) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold |
Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court. |
Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document. |
Return (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners. |
Return (n.) A day in bank. See Return day, below. |
Return (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer |
Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine. |
reappearance return | the act of someone appearing again, his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited |
return homecoming | a coming to or returning home, on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party |
restitution return restoration regaining | getting something back again, upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing |
Gram's method Gram method Gram's procedure Gram's stain Gram stain | a staining technique used to classify bacteria, bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution, after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative |
return | the act of going back to a prior location, they set out on their return to the base camp |
method acting method | an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed |
return | (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble |
return | a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player, he won the point on a crossourt return |
coitus interruptus withdrawal method withdrawal pulling out onanism | a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation |
contraception contraceptive method | birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery |
basal body temperature method of family planning basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
rhythm method of birth control rhythm method rhythm calendar method of birth control calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
relaxation relaxation method | a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount |
whole-word method | teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words |
return paying back getting even | a reciprocal group action, in return we gave them as good as we got |
return key return | the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
method | a way of doing something, especially a systematic way, implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) |
scientific method | a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses |
experimental method | the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses |
teaching method pedagogics pedagogy | the principles and methods of instruction |
Socratic method maieutic method | a method of teaching by question and answer, used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students |
method of choice | the best method to achieve a desired result |
Rubicon point of no return | a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment |
eclecticism eclectic method | making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style |
average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual, he is about average in height, the snowfall this month is below average |
differential calculus method of fluxions | the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential |
statistical method statistical procedure | a method of analyzing or representing statistical data, a procedure for calculating a statistic |
least squares method of least squares | a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve |
average norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution, it set the norm for American homes |
round-trip ticket return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
day return | a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day |
tax return income tax return return | document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability, his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return |
amended return | a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return |
declaration of estimated tax estimated tax return | return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year |
false return | an incorrect income tax return |
information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
joint return | a return filed by a husband and wife |
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 |
return address | the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered |
rejoinder retort return riposte replication comeback counter | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one), it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher |
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 |
recurrence return | happening again (especially at regular intervals), the return of spring |
return coming back | the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction |
return issue take takings proceeds yield payoff | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property, the average return was about % |
straight-line method straight-line method of depreciation | (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life |
accounting accounting system method of accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business, forms part of a ledger of accounts |
Bradley method of childbirth Bradley method | a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father) |