ballpark figure

English

Etymology

Perhaps from the fact that, although baseballs are seldom hit out of the ballpark, they may still land anywhere within a large area.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

ballpark figure (plural ballpark figures)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds.

   No more stalling. Give me a ballpark figure of our projected losses.

Synonyms

• guesstimate

Translations

rough estimate

• Czech: přibližný odhad
• Finnish: suuruusluokka (fi)
• French: évaluation approximative f
• German: Hausnummer (de) f
• Hungarian: hozzávetőleges/megközelítő szám/adat/érték/összeg
• Malayalam: ഏകദേശം (ml) (ēkadēśaṁ), ഏകദേശ സംഖ്യാ (ēkadēśa saṅkhyā)

See also

• in the ballpark