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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

1.22 Estimate

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
estimate /'ɛstɪmət/
or /'ɛstɪmet/
Noun
(countable) An estimate is a guess that is based on incomplete information.
Verb
(transitive & intransitive) If you estimate the number, size, cost, etc. of something, you guess based on incomplete information.
estimation

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  1. Their estimate of annual medical insurance premiums for a low-risk male rises from $800 at age 25 jumping from the low-risk to the high-risk category implies a large financial penalty.

    japanese; yosoku, gaisan suru

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  2. We can only provide estimates for retirement dates.
    Italian: Stimare

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  3. By Feige's estimates, between 38 and 44 percent of U.S. currency exists abroad; government estimates range from 50 to 66 percent.

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  4. "Earlier estimates of the cost for infrastructure adaptations in Africa, for example — from $22 million to $371 million, according to the United Nations’ most recent calculations — are “clearly absurdly low,” the researchers say.

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  5. The jobs figure is an estimate that even the Obama administration has said is subject to large margins of error.
    Spanish:Estimado

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  6. Spanish: Estimacion

    Today, we estimate our monthly savings $500.00

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  7. estimate
    ['estimeit]
    n. 估计,估价
    v. 估计,估价,评价
    They estimated the number of visitors at 10 million.

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  8. we would estimate that approximately 70 or 75 percent of medical offices in New York City and Long

    Korean : 어림하다, 견적하다.

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  9. The medicare cost is estimated to be one billion dollars.

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