ball-park figure

a number that is near the total; approximate figure

Fifty is a ball-park figure. It's close to our class size.

by VAKI5 May 09, 2005

ball-park figure

An annoying, grossly over-used term that dumb idiots think will make them sound cool if they use.

Some idiot called me at the office asking me to give him a "ball-park figure" on a divorce. I thought "WTF? Since when do divorce cases have anything to do with a baseball game?"

by glointhedark May 11, 2005