estimate

Definition

Examples

The contractor gave us an estimate of the total repair costs.

Word Family

Synonyms

• assessto evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of
• gaugea measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc
• quotationa short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Collocations

• Easy cost estimate
  to cost estimate, meaning to be priced at
• Medium rough estimate for the project
  to rough estimate for the project, meaning to prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
• Hard conservative estimate of returns
  describing conservative estimate of returns (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
• Very Hard revise earnings estimate downward
  to revise earnings estimate downward, meaning to make revisions in