re-estimate
verb[T]
(alsoreestimate)uk/ˌriːˈes.tɪ.meɪt/us/ˌriːˈes.tə.meɪt/toestimate(=guessorcalculateapproximately)thecost,size,value, etc. of something again, for a second, third, etc.time:
Theequationwas then re-estimated and newforecastswereproduced.
Totesttheresults, we reestimate themodelsusing 5-yearaveragevalues.
- Thealgorithmcan be used to reestimate theincreaseincosts.
- They weresubsequentlygiven sometrainingand thenaskedto re-estimate how well they'd done on thetest.
- Initsnewreport, theInternationalMonetary Fund re-estimateslosseson USloansat $325bn.
Estimating value
- appraiser
- book value
- cost
- costing
- de-index
- est.
- euro
- goodwill
- index of leading economic indicators
- pricing
- put
- putsomethingatsomething
- quote
- recommended retail price
- RRP
- uncosted
- underestimate
- valorization
- valuation
- value
re-estimate
noun[C]
(alsoreestimate)uk/ˌriːˈes.tɪ.mət/us/ˌriːˈes.tə.mət/a second, third, etc.guessorapproximatecalculationof what thesize,value,amount,cost, etc. of something might be:
Re-estimates putconstructioncostsat fourtimestheoriginalprice.
The reestimate of thebudgetproducesspendinganddebtfiguresthatdifferfrom thosepresentedin the firstestimate.
- Recent re-estimates of thebudgetsurplushavepromptedquestionsfromministers.
- Changes in theexpectedsystemsizemaynecessitatere-estimates of thedevelopmentcost.
- SinceJanuarywe have had anumberof reestimatesassociatedwith theseprograms.
Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the darkidiom
- approximation
- assumption
- bet
- conjecture
- counterfactual
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- misestimation
- overestimate
- overestimation
- preception
- preconception
- proposition
- sneaking
- speculation
- speculatively
- supposition
- surmise