A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. / (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.

To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data. / To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

simple past tense and past participle of estimate

plural of estimate

The process of making an estimate. / The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate. / Esteem or favourable regard.

Worthy of esteem; admirable. / (archaic) Valuable. / Capable of being estimated; estimatable.

A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs / (mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population

plural of estimator

present participle of estimate

plural of estimation