estimate
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- æstimate (archaic)
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From Latin aestimatus, past participle of aestimare, older form aestumare (“to value, rate, esteem”); see esteem.
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estimate (plural estimates)
- A rough calculation or guess.
- (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably cost.
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rough calculation or guess
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(construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
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estimate (third-person singular simple present estimates, present participle estimating, simple past and past participle estimated)
- To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
- 1965, Ian Hacking, Logic of Statistical Inference[1]:
- I estimate that I need 400 board feet of lumber to complete a job, and then order 350 because I do not want a surplus, or perhaps order 450 because I do not want to make any subsequent orders.
- 2003, Alexander J. Field, Gregory Clark, William A. Sundstrom, Research in Economic History[2]:
- Higher real prices for durables are estimated to have reduced their consumption per capita by 1.09% in 1930, ...
- 1965, Ian Hacking, Logic of Statistical Inference[1]:
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to calculate roughly
[edit] External links
- estimate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “estimate” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
- estimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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