Estimate

//ˈɛs.tɪ.mət//

"Estimate" in a Sentence (16 examples)

Try to estimate how much you spent on books.

It will cost thirty thousand yen at the lowest estimate.

Even with a generous estimate, there were at most only 2,000 people.

At a rough estimate, I would say the job will take two weeks.

Some economists estimate that housewives' services, valued in money, would amount to about 25% of GNP.

Please estimate your best price and the earliest delivery date.

Mr Yamada frowned on the estimate presented by a travel agency.

I estimate that the work will cost more than $10,000.

The actual cost was higher than the estimate.

According to an estimate, steel production will reach 100 million tons this year.

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“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”

The desired norm estimate is now obtained from the identity... [referring to an earlier statement saying that a certain norm is less than or equal to a certain expression]

I estimate that I need 400 board feet of lumber to complete a job, and then order 350 because I do not want a surplus, or perhaps order 450 because I do not want to make any subsequent orders.

Higher real prices for durables are estimated to have reduced their consumption per capita by 1.09% in 1930, […]

It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them.

It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living.

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