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estimate the cost at
(some amount) to approximate the cost of something at a particular amount. I estimate the cost at about one hundred dollars. The cost of repairing the car was estimated at over four thousand dollars!
See also: cost
a ballpark estimate/figure
a number which is only approximate, but which should be near to the correct number We're expecting sales of the book to generate around $10,000 dollars, although obviously that's just a ballpark figure.
See also: ballpark
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WARNING AND ESTIMATIVE INTELLIGENCE Early warning, warning intelligence and estimative intelligence directly relate to the identification and forecasting of threats.
The role of intelligence and early warning in forecasting by Institute for Strategic Studies
Relationship between fitting curve and aerobic fitness The 2SRM was chosen as the best model once it is more parsimonious due to the employment of fewer estimative parameters than 3SRM and GEM models.
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The estimative of the glycoside contents was based on the amount of the aglycones released from acid hydrolyses of the corresponding glycosides, adjusting with the sugar moiety mass loss.
Comparison of the estrogenic potencies of standardized soy extracts ... by de Lima Toccafondo Vieira, Manuela; Duarte, Rodrigo Ferreira; Campos, Ligia Maria Moreira; de Aguiar / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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