Pronunciation
Noun
estimate (plural estimates)
- A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
- (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.
- An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
- French: estimation
- German: Schätzung, Abschätzung
- Italian: stima
- Portuguese: estimativa, cálculo
- Russian: оце́нка
- Spanish: presupuesto, estimación
- German: Kostenvoranschlag
- Italian: preventivo
- Russian: сме́та
Verb
estimate (estimates, present participle estimating; past estimated, past participle estimated)
- To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
- To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.
- 1691, John Locke, Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Money
- It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them.
- It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living.
- 1691, John Locke, Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Money
- French: estimer
- German: abschätzen, schätzen
- Italian: stimare
- Portuguese: estimar
- Russian: оце́нивать
- Spanish: estimar
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