"ballpark figure" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the fact that, although baseballs are seldom hit out of the ballpark, they may still land anywhere within a large area.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ballpark figures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ballpark figure (plural ballpark figures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "No more stalling. Give me a ballpark figure of our projected losses."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds."
      ],
      "id": "en-ballpark_figure-en-noun-jXZEAmX9",
      "links": [
        [
          "educated guess",
          "educated guess"
        ],
        [
          "estimation",
          "estimation"
        ],
        [
          "acceptable",
          "acceptable"
        ],
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "in the ballpark"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "guesstimate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "rough estimate",
          "word": "přibližný odhad"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rough estimate",
          "word": "suuruusluokka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "rough estimate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "évaluation approximative"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rough estimate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hausnummer"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rough estimate",
          "word": "hozzávetőleges/megközelítő szám/adat/érték/összeg"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ēkadēśaṁ",
          "sense": "rough estimate",
          "word": "ഏകദേശം"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ēkadēśa saṅkhyā",
          "sense": "rough estimate",
          "word": "ഏകദേശ സംഖ്യാ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-ballpark figure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-ballpark_figure.ogg/En-au-ballpark_figure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-ballpark_figure.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ballpark figure"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the fact that, although baseballs are seldom hit out of the ballpark, they may still land anywhere within a large area.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ballpark figures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ballpark figure (plural ballpark figures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "in the ballpark"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from baseball",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "No more stalling. Give me a ballpark figure of our projected losses."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "educated guess",
          "educated guess"
        ],
        [
          "estimation",
          "estimation"
        ],
        [
          "acceptable",
          "acceptable"
        ],
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-ballpark figure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-ballpark_figure.ogg/En-au-ballpark_figure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-ballpark_figure.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "guesstimate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rough estimate",
      "word": "přibližný odhad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rough estimate",
      "word": "suuruusluokka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rough estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "évaluation approximative"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rough estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hausnummer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rough estimate",
      "word": "hozzávetőleges/megközelítő szám/adat/érték/összeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ēkadēśaṁ",
      "sense": "rough estimate",
      "word": "ഏകദേശം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ēkadēśa saṅkhyā",
      "sense": "rough estimate",
      "word": "ഏകദേശ സംഖ്യാ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ballpark figure"
}