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average down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English

Syllables
av-er-age -down
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To buy more of a product, especially more shares, at a lower price than a previous purchase, so that the average price paid for one's holding is lowered.

Inflected Forms

averages down (present, singular) averaging down (participle, present) averaged down (participle, past) averaged down (past)

Questions

What does average down mean?
To buy more of a product, especially more shares, at a lower price than a previous purchase, so that the average price paid for one's holding is lowered.

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