Estimate vs. Estimative

Estimatenoun

A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.

Estimativeadjective

Of or pertaining to an estimate or to estimation.

Estimatenoun

(construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.

Estimativeadjective

Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.

‘We find in animals an estimative or judicial faculty.’;

Estimatenoun

An upper limitation on some positive quantity.

Estimativeadjective

Pertaining to an estimate.

Estimateverb

To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.

Estimateverb

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

Estimateverb

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, - either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.

‘It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them.’; ‘It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living.’;

Estimateverb

To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.

Estimatenoun

A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.

‘Weigh success in a moral balance, and our whole estimate is changed.’; ‘No; dear as freedom is, and in my heart'sJust estimation prized above all price.’;

Estimatenoun

an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

‘an estimate of what it would cost’; ‘a rough idea how long it would take’;

Estimatenoun

a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody;

‘many factors are involved in any estimate of human life’; ‘in my estimation the boy is innocent’;

Estimatenoun

a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

Estimatenoun

a statement indicating the likely cost of some job;

‘he got an estimate from the car repair shop’;

Estimatenoun

the respect with which a person is held;

‘they had a high estimation of his ability’;

Estimateverb

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

‘I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds’;

Estimateverb

judge to be probable