unofficial estimate

collocation in English

meaningsofunofficialandestimate

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unofficial
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/
not official; not from a person in authority, the ...
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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 ofunofficialandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anunofficialestimate, however, puts such losses at £4,000,000 per annum.
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The firstunofficialestimategiven to her for whatever was necessary to be done was £132.
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According to oneunofficialestimate, funds amounting to as much as £1,000 million have been attracted into these bonds over the past year.
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A high official, at my request, gave me a roughunofficialestimateof what would be the cost of a 10 years' plan.
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According to a more recentunofficialestimatefrom 2006, it has 668,518 inhabitants.
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The city has a municipal population of 49,031 (2000 census), a metropolitan population of 128,026 (1990unofficialestimate) and a transient daily population of 250,000.
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According to anunofficialestimatefrom 2005, the population of the town numbered 11,234 people.
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Anunofficialestimatestated that the death toll would likely exceed 2,000.
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Unofficial estimates suggest that 3,200 separate grocery items have been marked up in price in the present wave.
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Unofficial estimates put the cost at not less than £250,000.
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More recently unofficial estimates have been somewhat higher.
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There are no official figures, but unofficial estimates vary between 15,000 and 20,000 deaths.
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It would bring the total number of places up to 175,000, but unofficial estimates of 200,000 are already being mooted.
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There are unofficial estimates, but nobody really knows.
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The table below gives unofficial estimates of the number of computers installed per million of population in a number of countries.
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Unofficial estimates of those imprisoned for political beliefs and activities are that they may number in the thousands, with many more in administrative detention.
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I would add that unofficial estimates that have been made exceed these figures.
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We believe that the increase in numbers has continued, and unofficial estimates published recently speak of 35,000 to 40,000 men.
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The unofficial estimates that have been made are extremely low.
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Unofficial estimates put the death toll much higher.
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