ballpark figure

Example Sentences

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The ballpark figure for building a 300-bed hospital in Japan in $55 million.

From Seattle Times

“Retail investors will be able to buy their favorite growth stocks at a 40 percent discount, but that leadership will resume,” she said, emphasizing that the 40 percent was a ballpark figure.

From New York Times

A ballpark figure for the start-up cost of reinstituting new service along Montana’s southern route, Mr. Jeans-Gail said, is $50 million for better signaling, upgrading track and station improvement.

From New York Times

And that led Beutner to unofficially calculate a ballpark figure of $400 million in new money for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

The committee said the Treasury had not been able to give a "ballpark figure" or explain how it would determine whether the spending represented good value for money.

From BBC