ball park

ball park
'ball park
n
1.) AmE
a field for playing baseball with seats for watching the game
2.) in the (right) ball park informal
close to the amount, price etc that you want or are thinking about
Their estimate is in the right ball park.
3.) a ball-park figure/estimate/amount
a number or amount that is almost but not exactly correct
He said $25,000 but it's just a ball-park figure.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • ball park — noun 1 especially AmE a field for playing baseball, with seats for watching the game 2 in the right ball park informal close to the amount, price etc that you want or are thinking about: Their estimate is definitely in the right ball park. 3 a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ball park — noun : a park in which ball games are played knocked a home run right out of the ball park …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ball Park Franks — is the name of a brand of hot dogs made by Sara Lee.It currently comes in the following variety: [ [http://www.ballparkfranks.com/product fra.html Ball Park ] ] * Original Meat Franks * Original Beef Franks * Bun Size Meat Franks * Bun Size Beef… …   Wikipedia

  • Ball Park Franks — est une marque de hot dogs produite par Sara Lee. Sommaire 1 Historique 2 Slogans 3 Références 4 Lien externe …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ball Park (UTA station) — Infobox Station style= name= Ball Park image size= image caption= address=1300 SouthSalt Lake City, UT [cite web |url=http://rideuta.com/images/08NEWRailCarMap.jpg|title=UTA Rail System Map |accessdate=2008 05 31 |publisher=Utah Transit Authority …   Wikipedia

  • ball park estimate — AND ball park figure . a rough estimate. □ I can only give you a ball park estimate at this time. □ All I need is a ball park figure. Exactness comes later …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • ball-park figure — See a ball park figure …   English idioms

  • ball-park estimate —  A quickly calculated estimate of costs.  ► “Thus, the result obtained with a specific heuristic can be considered ‘good’ (i.e., close to optimal) if that result is in the ball park of the result obtained through a maximally different method.”… …   American business jargon

  • ball-park figure —  A quickly calculated estimate of costs.  ► “Thus, the result obtained with a specific heuristic can be considered ‘good’ (i.e., close to optimal) if that result is in the ball park of the result obtained through a maximally different method.”… …   American business jargon

  • ball park figure — Go to ball park estimate …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”