in round numbers

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*in round numbers and *in round figures

Fig. as an estimated number; a figure that has been rounded off. (*Typically: be ~; express something ~; write something ~.) Please tell me in round numbers what it'll cost. I don't need the exact amount. Just give it to me in round figures.

See also: number, round

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You are, we will say in round numbers, twenty years of age; Mr. Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context He thus obtained a spheroid, the capacity of which amounted, in round numbers, to ninety thousand cubic feet. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context It follows, then, considering the position which she occupies in opposition when full, that she is nearer to the sun by twice her distance from the earth; and that distance may be estimated at the two-hundredth part of that which separates the sun from the earth, or in round numbers 400,000 miles. Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context			in prime in principle in print in private in progress in proportion in public in pursuit of in quest of in question in rags in rare form in reality in receipt of in recent memory in reduced circumstances in reference to in rehearsal in relation to in remission in reserve in retrospect in return in return for in right mind in round numbers in ruins in safe hands in salad days in season in second childhood in secret in service in session in seventh heaven in shadow in shambles in shoes in short in short order in short supply in sight in sights in single file in situ in small doses in so many words in some neck of the woods in some respects in some transaction for in spades			In Response to Life In Response/Reply/Reference To In restitutionem In restitutionibus benignissima interpretatio facienda est in retrospect in retrospect in retrospect in return in return in return in return in return in return in return for In Reverse In Reverse In Reverse In Reverse in right mind in right mind in right mind in right mind in right mind in right mind in road in road in road in road In Role Play Life in round figures in round numbers In Route Rally Point In Roy We Trust In Ruben We Trust in ruins in safe hands in safety in salad days In Salah In Samenwerking Met In School Enhanced Learning Program In School Isolation In School Restriction In School Suspension Room In score In Scotice In Scotice in se recipere In Search Of In Search Of In Search Of Apollo In Search of Excellence In Search of Excellent Requirements In Search of Humans In Search of Lost Time in search of seeking or hunting in search of someone or something

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