Definition of estimate

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Estimate (n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond..

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Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton..
Outside :: Outside (a.) Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate..
Actual :: Actual (n.) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts..
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks..
Appraiser :: Appraiser (n.) One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates..
Critique :: Critique (n.) A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason..
Value :: Value (v. t.) To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc..
Saros :: Saros (n.) A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years..
Mancus :: Mancus (n.) An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money..
Hide :: Hide (n.) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres..
Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To judge; to estimate.
Poundrate :: Poundrate (n.) A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.
Underestimate :: Underestimate (v. t.) To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
Low-church :: Low-church (a.) Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High..
Deem :: Deem (v. i.) To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
Talent :: Talent (v. t.) Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from ?340 to ?396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels..
Consider :: Consider (v. t.) To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.
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