average out

average out
phrasal verb
Word forms "average out":
present tense I/you/we/they average out he/she/it averages out present participle averaging out past tense averaged out past participle averaged out
1) [intransitive] to have a particular number or amount as an average
average out at:

Total contributions average out at over £1,000 a week.

2) [transitive] to calculate the average of a set of numbers or amounts

English dictionary. 2014.

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