•a fixed regular (usually monthly) fee or rate determined in advance by estimation, as opposed to an itemized rate · a fixed periodic salary established in advance, as opposed to a piece wage · mean (average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms)
Back-formation from általános (“general; universal”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Compare magány (“solitude”) for a term formed similarly in the same period.