See Also: average 3, verb(dictionary)
average(1)(dictionary)
Average(medicine)
With average (W.A.)(finance)
Average(money)
Average down(money)
Average(finance)
Average up(finance)
With Average (W.A.)(money)
With Particular Average (WPA)(money)

oxlip (iou) and average 3, verb (oh)


oxlip (iou)



oxlip noun. OE.
[from OX + SLIP noun1: cf. COWSLIP.]
Any of several kinds of Primula having flowers in a stalked umbel like the cowslip, P. veris, but larger and paler; orig. (more fully false oxlip), the hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, P. vulgaris; later (more fully true Bardfield oxlip, Bardfield oxlip), P. elatior, a woodland species restricted in Britain to Essex and parts of East Anglia.

average 3, verb (oh)



3 v [linking verb]
to usually do something or usually happen a particular number of times, or to usually be a particular size or amount
::The water in the lake is not particularly deep, averaging about 12 metres.
::The airport averages about a thousand flights a month.
::Inflation averaged just under 2.8% per year.
to calculate the average of figures
::The rate of growth was averaged over a period of three years.
average out phr v
if something averages out at a particular figure, it has that figure as an average over a period of time
average out at
::Training costs for last year averaged out at ¡ê5,100 per trainee.
::The government's share of the cost was intended to average out at 25%.
average sth ¡û¡ú out
to calculate the average of something
::I averaged out the total increase at about 10%.