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Ball park figure? Tue Nov 16, 2004 15:07 pm  Ball park figure?
 

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

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Ballpark figure Tue Nov 16, 2004 15:37 pm  Ballpark figure
 

A ballpark figure is a rough figure, an estimated amount.
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Ballpark no ball park Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:29 am  Ballpark no ball park
 

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

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Ballpark no ball park Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:54 pm  Ballpark no ball park
 

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

Regards Smile

Hi,
It will be interesting if you tell us about the origin of these idioms and phrases.
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Hiwa
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Definition of ballpark Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:06 am  Definition of ballpark
 

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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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