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Noun: ballpark  'bol,pãrk
  1. [N. Amer] (baseball) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
    "take me out to the ballpark";
    - park
     
  2. [informal] Near to the scope or range of something
    "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark";
    - approximate range
Verb: ballpark  'bol,pãrk
Usage: informal
  1. Estimate or give an approximate figure for something
    "We ballparked the project cost at around $50,000"; "They ballparked the adoption in the US to be around 20% of the adult population"

Derived forms: ballparked, ballparking, ballparks

Type of: ambit, arena, bowl [N. Amer], compass, orbit, range, reach, scope, sports stadium, stadium

Encyclopedia: Ballpark, The