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adage
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n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword]
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average
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adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected
value; "the average income in New England is below that
of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the
mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)]
2: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly
encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man
in the street" [syn: average, ordinary]
3: lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average
merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair
health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre
to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
[syn: average, fair, mediocre, middling]
4: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of
average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
[syn: average, intermediate, medium]
5: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a
distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists
reach their peak is 30" [syn: modal(a), average]
6: relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered
set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with
an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and
36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000" [syn:
median(a), average]
n 1: a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it
set the norm for American homes" [syn: average, norm]
2: (sports) the ratio of successful performances to
opportunities
3: an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he
is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is
below average"
v 1: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The
number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" [syn:
average, average out]
2: achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"
3: compute the average of [syn: average, average out]
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baggage
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n 1: cases used to carry belongings when traveling [syn:
baggage, luggage]
2: a worthless or immoral woman
3: the portable equipment and supplies of an army
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blockage
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n 1: the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage
with an obstruction [syn: obstruction, blockage]
2: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: blockage,
block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage]
3: the act of blocking [syn: blockage, closure, occlusion]
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breakage
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n 1: the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"
2: reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
3: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
[syn: breakage, break, breaking]
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cabbage
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n 1: any of various types of cabbage [syn: cabbage, chou]
2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce,
lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch,
shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
3: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown
for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: cabbage,
cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea]
v 1: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer,
cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf,
swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
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corkage
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n 1: a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine
served that was not bought on the premises
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damage
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n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage,
harm, impairment]
2: loss of military equipment [syn: damage, equipment
casualty]
3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage,
harm, hurt, scathe]
4: the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price
of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how
much is the damage?" [syn: price, terms, damage]
5: any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal
right [syn: wrong, legal injury, damage]
v 1: inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She
damaged the car when she hit the tree"
2: suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups
damage easily"
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dockage
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n 1: a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock [syn: dockage,
docking fee]
2: landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and
unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out;
"the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late" [syn:
dock, dockage, docking facility]
3: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn:
docking, moorage, dockage, tying up]
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leakage
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n 1: the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried
to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had
to clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage,
outflow]
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linkage
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n 1: an associative relation
2: (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a
consequence of an association between their genes; all of the
genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they
all go) [syn: linkage, gene linkage]
3: a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that
transmits power or motion
4: the act of linking things together
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lockage
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n 1: a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or
waterway
2: a system of locks in a canal or waterway
3: passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
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package
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n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn:
package, bundle, packet, parcel]
2: a wrapped container [syn: package, parcel]
3: (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules
and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a
computer system and that are stored in read/write memory;
"the market for software is expected to expand" [syn:
software, software program, computer software,
software system, software package, package] [ant:
computer hardware, hardware]
v 1: put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: box,
package] [ant: unbox]
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shrinkage
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n 1: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the
material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn:
shrinking, shrinkage]
2: the amount by which something shrinks
3: the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store;
"shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
[syn: shoplifting, shrinkage]
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wreckage
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n 1: the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked;
"they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"
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socage
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n 1: land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not
burdened with military service
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tankage
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n 1: the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or
tanks
2: the charge for storing something in tanks
3: the act of storing in tanks
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truckage
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n 1: a fee charged for transporting goods by truckage
2: the activity of transporting goods by truck [syn: hauling,
trucking, truckage]
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brakeage
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trackage
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prepackage
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