ball park estimation
Inexact numerical forecast
A ball park estimation is a rough approximation, not meant to be precise but to give a general sense of magnitude.
The phrase comes from baseball, where estimating crowd attendance in a ballpark yields only approximate figures.
Can you give me a ball park estimation of the cost?
Also written as one word or hyphenated: ballpark estimation.
- inexactLacking full accuracy
- guessEstimate without certainty
- best guessLikeliest prediction attempted
- approximateNearly accurate but inexact
- give or takeApproximately, with flexibility
imprecise · rough · quick and dirty · back-of-envelope · napkin math · educated guess · spitball · gut feeling · scale · simplification · intuition · budgeting · rule of thumb · forecasting · magnitude · eyeballing · rounding off · close enough
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