- to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- to form an opinion of; judge.
- to make an estimate.
- an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- a judgment or opinion, as of the qualities of a person or thing.
- a statement of the approximate charge for work to be done, submitted by a person or business firm ready to undertake the work.
- to form an approximate idea of (distance, size, cost, etc); calculate roughly; gauge
- to form an opinion about; judge
- to submit (an approximate price) for (a job) to a prospective client
- to assign a value (a point estimate) or range of values (an interval estimate) to a parameter of a population on the basis of sampling statistics
- an approximate calculation
- a statement indicating the likely charge for or cost of certain work
- a judgment; appraisal; opinion
