estimate¹

B1 Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ UK /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ See IPA manual

noun

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Homographs: estimate² /ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪt/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

noun
A rough guess about the size, value, or cost of something.

My estimate of the repair cost was about three hundred dollars.
2

noun
A written statement of how much a job is likely to cost.

The builder sent us an estimate for the kitchen work.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a rough guess about the... approximation estimation appraisal

Word family

Forms estimatesestimating

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Phrases (1)

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rough estimate
an approximate calculation made before exact information is available

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

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ballpark figure
Matching variant: ballpark estimate

a rough estimate, not an exact number

Etymology

From Middle English estimat, borrowed from Latin aestimātus (“valuing, estimate”, only used in the ablative singular: "aestimātū..." (in valuing...)), from aestimō + -tus (“action noun-forming suffix”).

Topics

Money & Finance

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