"average up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-average up.ogg [Australia] Forms: averages up [present, singular, third-person], averaging up [participle, present], averaged up [participle, past], averaged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} average up (third-person singular simple present averages up, present participle averaging up, simple past and past participle averaged up)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To calculate an average or rough figure. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: average down, give or take
    Sense id: en-average_up-en-verb-HOL2Dx54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 75 25
  2. (finance) To buy more of a product, especially more shares, at a higher price than a previous purchase, so that the average price paid for one's holding is raised. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-average_up-en-verb-96NkaWtS Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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