n.
1.an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
2.a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
3.a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
4.a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
5.the respect with which a person is held estimate v.
1.judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
2.judge to be probable
Idiom of the Day
at cross-purposes
to have opposite ways of doing something, to have opposing goals
The two men are at cross purposes. They cannot agree about anything.