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Complete Definition of "ballpark figure"

English

Etymology
From the context of a game of baseball being constrained to the ballpark it was played at.

Noun
en-noun|sg=ballpark figure

#idiom colloquial (USA) An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds.
#: No more stalling. Give me a ballpark figure of our projected losses.

  1. A guestimate

See also
in the ballpark
out of the ballpark

ru:ballpark figure

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