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Nov 30, 2009
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gen'eral av'erage




Insurance.any damage or loss to a ship or its cargo voluntarily sustained, as freight jettisoned in a storm, by all parties to a voyage (distinguished from particular average). Abbr.: G.A.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

General Assemblygeneral aviation
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