Ball park figure?

[dina]

Test No. incompl/inter-60 "Cliches", question 6

We don't know precisely how much it will cost but I could give a ......... figure of 6 million dollars.

(a) ball field
(b) ball place
(c) ball park
(d) ball game

Test No. incompl/inter-60 "Cliches", answer 6

We don't know precisely how much it will cost but I could give a ball park figure of 6 million dollars.

Correct answer: (c) ball park

Your answer was: incorrect
We don't know precisely how much it will cost but I could give a ball game figure of 6 million dollars.
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We don't know precisely how much it will cost but I could give a ball park figure of 6 million dollars

whats the meaning of ball park

thanks

[Torsten]

A ballpark figure is a rough figure, an estimated amount.
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[katarzyna]

.... so there is a spelling mistake in the answers (ball park).

Regards

[Hiwa]

[Mister Micawber]

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No spelling mistake, Katarzyna, but it is normally written as one word, ballpark.

Ballpark: "baseball stadium," 1899, from (base)ball + park. Fig. sense of "acceptable range of approximation" first recorded 1960, originally referring to area within which a spacecraft was expected to return to earth; the reference is to broad but reasonably predictable dimensions.

(courtesy of the Online Etymological Dictionary)
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