ballpark figures
Approximate numerical guesses
Ballpark figures are rough estimates, numbers close enough to be useful without claiming precision.
The metaphor comes from baseball—if a guess lands somewhere in the ballpark, it's in the right general area: Give me a ballpark figure on what this will cost.
Often shortened to ballpark: What's the ballpark on repairs?
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- financeProvide money for
- approximationNear but inexact value
- in the neighborhoodApproximately near; close
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
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- Estimation Typesback-of-envelope, guesstimation, order of magnitude, margin of error, confidence interval
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking