ballpark estimation
Quick rough calculation
A ballpark estimation is a rough approximation, accurate enough to be useful but not precise.
The term comes from baseball—a figure that lands somewhere in the ballpark rather than hitting an exact target.
Can you give me a ballpark estimation of the repair costs?
Often shortened to simply ballpark: Ballpark, we're looking at six months.
- ball parkVenue for America's pastime
- guessEstimate without certainty
- educated guessReasoned speculation from facts
- rule of thumbPractical approximation, not strict
- figureOutline or numeral
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