average contribution

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• general average contribution — The amount of money paid by each shipper involved in a general average. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * general average contribution general average contribution ➔ contribution * * * general average contribution UK US noun [C] INSURANCE, LAW …   Financial and business terms

• general average contribution — Such arises from an ancient maritime doctrine making all participants in a maritime venture ratably responsible for losses incurred for their common good. Atlantic Richfield Co. v. U.S., C.A.Tex., 640 F.2d 759, 764. Contribution by all parties in …   Black's law dictionary

• general average contribution — Such arises from an ancient maritime doctrine making all participants in a maritime venture ratably responsible for losses incurred for their common good. Atlantic Richfield Co. v. U.S., C.A.Tex., 640 F.2d 759, 764. Contribution by all parties in …   Black's law dictionary

• Average — Av er*age, a. 1. Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• general average contribution — See general average …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• average — A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities. Brisendine v. Skousen Bros., 48 Ariz. 416, 62 P.2d 326, 329. In ordinary usage the term signifies the mean between two or more quantities, measures, or numbers. If …   Black's law dictionary

• average — A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities. Brisendine v. Skousen Bros., 48 Ariz. 416, 62 P.2d 326, 329. In ordinary usage the term signifies the mean between two or more quantities, measures, or numbers. If …   Black's law dictionary

• contribution — Right of one who has discharged a common liability to recover of another also liable, the aliquot portion which he ought to pay or bear. Under principle of contribution, a tort feasor against whom a judgment is rendered is entitled to recover… …   Black's law dictionary

• contribution — Right of one who has discharged a common liability to recover of another also liable, the aliquot portion which he ought to pay or bear. Under principle of contribution, a tort feasor against whom a judgment is rendered is entitled to recover… …   Black's law dictionary

• Average — Av er*age, n. [OF. average, LL. averagium, prob. fr. OF. aver, F. avoir, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop. infin., to have, from L. habere to have. Cf. F. av[ e]rage small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage to ship or cargo …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• contribution — con·tri·bu·tion n 1: payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable: as a: shared payment of a judgment by joint tortfeasors esp. according to proportional fault compare apportion a b: pro rata apportionment of loss among all the… …   Law dictionary