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ballpark — ball‧park [ˈbɔːlpɑːk ǁ ˈbɒːlpɑːrk] also ball park noun 1. ballpark estimate/figure a number or amount that is approximately correct, though not exact: • A spokeswoman said that the two ministers had discussed a ballpark figure for financial aid … Financial and business terms
ballpark — chiefly N. Amer. ► NOUN 1) a baseball ground. 2) informal a particular area or range. ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ approximate: a ballpark figure … English terms dictionary
ballpark — (n.) baseball stadium, 1899, from (base)ball + PARK (Cf. park) (n.). Figurative sense of acceptable range of approximation first recorded 1954, originally in the jargon of atomic weapons scientists, perhaps originally referring to area within… … Etymology dictionary
ballpark — [[t]bɔ͟ːlpɑː(r)k[/t]] ballparks also ball park 1) N COUNT A ballpark is a park or stadium where baseball is played. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A ballpark figure or ballpark estimate is an approximate figure or estimate. I can t give you anything more than… … English dictionary
ballpark — ball game, ballpark 1. Ball game, an American name for baseball, has formed the core of several colloquial idioms in which it means ‘a state of affairs’, as in a whole new ball game. Because of its wide scope of alternative reference, it seems to … Modern English usage
ballpark — I = ball park ballpark UK [ˈbɔːlˌpɑː(r)k] / US [ˈbɔlˌpɑrk] or ball park UK / US noun [countable] Word forms ballpark : singular ballpark plural ballparks mainly American a place where baseball games are played • in the ballpark II UK… … English dictionary
ballpark — I. noun Date: 1897 1. a park in which ball games (as baseball) are played 2. a range (as of prices or views) within which comparison or compromise is possible II. adjective Etymology: from the phrase in the ballpark Date: 1967 approximately… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ballpark — /bawl pahrk /, n. 1. a tract of land where ball games, esp. baseball, are played. 2. a baseball stadium. 3. in the ballpark, Informal. within reasonable, acceptable, or expected limits: The price may go up another $10, but that s still in the… … Universalium
ballpark — 1. noun a) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played. Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details. b) The general … Wiktionary
ballpark — /ˈbɔlpak / (say bawlpahk) –noun 1. US a park in which games, especially baseball, are played. –adjective 2. Colloquial broadly estimated: a ballpark figure. –phrase Colloquial 3. in the ballpark, within acceptable limits; relatively close to a… …
