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aver
average
average accounting return
average across-day measure
average collection period
average cost of capital
average cost pricing
average deviation
average down
average earnings
average effective maturity
average equity
average fixed cost
average inventory
average length of stay
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average down
average down


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
buy more shares at lower price: to purchase more shares of a stock when its price is falling, in the hope of reducing costs and increasing profits
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