preliminary estimate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreliminaryandestimate
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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofpreliminaryandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Different functional forms, double-log or log-linear, were tested to obtain apreliminaryestimateof the marginal effects and elasticities of the variables.
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The choice t = 4 was made because a crudepreliminaryestimatesuggested that t,-4 was too short a time interval for diffusion to reach the particle ys.
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Apreliminaryestimateof the financial loss is £1 million.
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Ourpreliminaryestimateis that the cost will be of the order of £1½-£2 million.
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Thepreliminaryestimateof cost is £1½–2 million.
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Apreliminaryestimateof the cost of the building is £20,000.
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That was apreliminaryestimateat an early stage in the design process, and it has since been revised.
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Thepreliminaryestimatewas £225,800 excluding the office block.
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Apreliminaryestimatepublished with the provisional order gave a total cost of £8·295 million.
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My support for protection work was £37.8 million (preliminaryestimate) in financial year 1997/98.
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Apreliminaryestimateof the cost of the lost equipment is just over £200,000.
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It is not possible to give more than apreliminaryestimatewithout carrying out detailed surveys and design studies.
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Detailed design and costing are now in hand, but thepreliminaryestimatefor mounting such a major festival was £9.8 million.
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Apreliminaryestimateof the cost of development over a period of two years is between £2 million and £3 million.
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Thepreliminaryestimatefor bilateral aid expenditure in 1979–80 is £586 million.
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Thepreliminaryestimateis that it may work up to about £200,000 a year.
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Thepreliminaryestimateof the gross sum realised is £3,350.
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Apreliminaryestimateof the cost of acquiring the land was upwards of £35,000.
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