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Average Quarter-Hour Audience: Estimated number of people who watch a program or station for a minimum of five minutes within a specific quarter hour.

IBCs Money Fund Report Average: Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that it is the third preferred bond of the company.

Grade Point Average (GPA): A student's grade point average is the equivalent of his or her average for curriculum course work. Each letter grade has an equivalent point value: A = 4 points, B = 3 points, C = 2, D = 1 . . . View Full Definition

Implied Audience: The 'you' a writer or poet refers to or implies when creating a dramatic monologue. This implied audience might be (but is not necessarily) the reader of the poem, or it might be the vague o . . . View Full Definition

Letter Grades-Grade Point Averages (GPA): Most colleges use both letter grades and GPA's in determining students' grades. Grades at most colleges are figured using the following method: A's are worth 4 points, B's are worth 3 points . . . View Full Definition

Moving Average: A moving average of securities prices is an average that is recomputed regularly by adding the most recent price and dropping the oldest one. For example, if you looked at a 365-day moving a . . . View Full Definition

Lipper Mutual Fund Industry Average: The average level of performance for all mutual funds, as reported by Lipper Analytical Services.

Internal Audience: An imaginary listener(s) or audience to whom a character speaks in a poem or story. For example, the duke speaking in Browning's 'My Last Duchess' appears to be addressing the reader as if t . . . View Full Definition

Goals Against Average: The average number of goals given up per 60-minute game by a goaltender or a team within a given period of time. The average is computed by dividing goals against by minutes played and multi . . . View Full Definition

Dow Jones Transportation Average: The Dow Jones Transportation Average tracks the performance of the stocks of 20 airlines, railroads, and trucking companies. It is one of the components of the Dow Jones 65 Composite Average.