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noun Marine Insurance.

a loss at sea, as through accident or negligence, that is borne solely by the owner of the lost property. Abbreviation: P.A.

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Also called particular average loss .

Compare general average.

Origin of particular average

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby particular average

particle velocity, parti-colored, parti-coloured, particular, particular affirmative, particular average, particularism, particularity, particularize, particularly, particular negative

How to use particular average in a sentence

There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.
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For those living in poor communities in particular, interactions with police rarely come with good news and a smile.
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Well over a thousand holes in, I average less than four strokes per hole.
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On average, the vaccine has an efficacy of about 60 percent.
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He stopped at one point to ask someone directions to a particular housing development.
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In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
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But I doubt if he feels any particular emotion himself, when he is piercing you through with his rendering.
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I do not think the average number of passengers on a corresponding route in our country could be so few as twenty.
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No one ever argued with Levison; all understood that this particular phrase was final.
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One old aunt in particular visited him twice a year, and stayed six months each time.
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British Dictionary definitions for particular average

particular average

noun

insurance partial damage to or loss of a ship or its cargo affecting only the shipowner or one cargo ownerAbbreviation: PA Compare general average

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