Ave

1. An Ave Maria.

   Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying / And kneel and say an ave there for me.

2. A reverential salutation.

1. A broad street, especially one bordered by trees.
2. A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
3. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
4. A method or means by which something may be accomplished.

   There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.

5. (urban toponymy) A street, especially, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is in a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.

1. The arithmetic mean.

   The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.

2. Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
3. (marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
4. Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
5. Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
6. An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

   batting average

7. (in the plural) In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

noun

The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.