A mean between two extremes; a compromise, a middle course. Cf. midst, n. 3. Now Scottish.

Proportionate arrangement of parts; regulation, adjustment; hence, mean or medium, a middle course; a compromise; a settlement. archaic.

An agreement or arrangement involving surrender or sacrifice of some kind on one side or on both; a compromise.

A middle condition or position, a mean between opposites; a middle course, a compromise.

A middle course or state between extremes of any kind; a medium, mean. Obsolete or archaic.

A middle course, a compromise. Obsolete.

quasi-concrete. Applied to anything that results from or embodies such an arrangement.

A person who or thing which intervenes or mediates.

In early use: an exchange. Now chiefly: a compromise between two desirable but mutually exclusive features; a concession or sacrifice made in one…

A balanced outcome; a situation or result which is of no net gain or loss. U.S. colloquial (originally Commerce).