Etymology of 'ballpark figure'?
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I know ballpark figure means estimate, but I don't understand why it means estimate. Literally, how does ballpark make figure an estimate? Ballpark means a baseball stadium or field from google definition.
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I know ballpark figure means estimate, but I don't understand why it means estimate. Literally, how does ballpark make figure an estimate? Ballpark means a baseball stadium or field from google definition.
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I know ballpark figure means estimate, but I don't understand why it means estimate. Literally, how does ballpark make figure an estimate? Ballpark means a baseball stadium or field from google definition.
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If someone asks you how accurate some estimate of something is, you can say "it's in the right ballpark".
It's a way of saying the estimate was not especially wrong, but not especially accurate either, since a ballpark is really a fairly large area of land.
So a ballpark figure or ballpark estimate is an one that's "in the right ballpark".
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If someone asks you how accurate some estimate of something is, you can say "it's in the right ballpark".
It's a way of saying the estimate was not especially wrong, but not especially accurate either, since a ballpark is really a fairly large area of land.
So a ballpark figure or ballpark estimate is an one that's "in the right ballpark".
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If someone asks you how accurate some estimate of something is, you can say "it's in the right ballpark".
It's a way of saying the estimate was not especially wrong, but not especially accurate either, since a ballpark is really a fairly large area of land.
So a ballpark figure or ballpark estimate is an one that's "in the right ballpark".
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If someone asks you how accurate some estimate of something is, you can say "it's in the right ballpark".
It's a way of saying the estimate was not especially wrong, but not especially accurate either, since a ballpark is really a fairly large area of land.
So a ballpark figure or ballpark estimate is an one that's "in the right ballpark".
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If someone asks you how accurate some estimate of something is, you can say "it's in the right ballpark".
It's a way of saying the estimate was not especially wrong, but not especially accurate either, since a ballpark is really a fairly large area of land.
So a ballpark figure or ballpark estimate is an one that's "in the right ballpark".
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