average vs exception

average

adj
  • Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. 

  • Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor. 

  • Constituting or relating to the average. 

  • Typical. 

noun
  • Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss. 

  • The arithmetic mean. 

  • Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. 

  • An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc. 

  • Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods. 

  • In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. 

  • Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense. 

verb
  • To divide among a number, according to a given proportion. 

  • Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of. 

  • To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean. 

  • To be, generally or on average. 

exception

noun
  • An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against. 

  • An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred. 

  • An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part. 

  • The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. 

  • That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included. 

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