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  • noun Alternative spelling of guesstimation.

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Examples

  • My guestimation is that the industry is likely at about 15% recycled fiber.

    Eco-Libris: How Green is the Book Publishing Industry? (Part 2) 2008

  • But a "guestimation" based on the number of registered active clubs would bring in a figure of about 500 players.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • But a "guestimation" based on the number of registered active clubs would bring in a figure of about 500 players.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • But a "guestimation" based on the number of registered active clubs would bring in a figure of about 500 players.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • Mojo, here's the answer, though I doubt you'll like it any more than I do: all the government agencies have to do to ride on the BETC gravy train is find a profitable business and sell them the tax credits that they manage to convince the Oregon Dept. of Energy that they're entitled to based on some program guestimation (energy saved by having kids ride buses vs. parental unit transport or yellow bus fleets).

    Here we are now, entertain us (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Any guestimation as to what percentage of the funding is for improving existing capacity as opposed to increasing capacity?

    Matthew Yglesias » Weekend Requests? 2009

  • Because that financial guestimation business plan, the kind you need to get a loan or to attract venture capital or to round up a few friends to give you back-up funds, is only one kind of business plan.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2010 » February » 11 2010

  • When I say there's something horribly wrong with every single guestimation paragraph, I mean it.

    76853 pabba 2009

  • Because that financial guestimation business plan, the kind you need to get a loan or to attract venture capital or to round up a few friends to give you back-up funds, is only one kind of business plan.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Business Plan 2010

  • Unlike that car, the SLS is also wide (76 inches) so guiding it out of a parking lot is a daunting task, requiring placing the front wheels with guestimation versus vision.

    HW Cars: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG WestSide Highway Bound « 2010

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