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The word "estimate" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it as a verb to mean "to make a guess or calculation about the size, amount, cost or value of something, based on the information you have". For example, "We estimated the cost of the project to be $10,000."
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Government figures estimate benefit fraud due to identity theft at between £20-£50m £20-£50mm, a fraction of the LSE's low cost estimate for the scheme of £10bn.
As a result, we estimate that around one quarter of graduates on the lowest incomes will actually pay back less than under the current system.
The first-ever attempt by US record-keepers to estimate the number of uncounted "law enforcement homicides" exposed previous official tallies as capturing less than half of the real picture.
In turn, this helps scientists to estimate the contribution of melting ice sheets to rising sea levels.
Such are the mountains of Manchester United's debts since the Glazer takeover that accountants estimate the revenue from their fanbase will need to rise by 5,888,765% over the next two years.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have described fistula as 'the single most dramatic aftermath of neglected childbirth.' While over 365,000 women die in childbirth every year, WHO estimate that another staggering two million worldwide are living with the devastating reality of a fistula.
Research carried out by the London School of Economics has shown that around half a million older and disabled people who would have received care in 2009 are no longer entitled to it, while the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services estimate a £4.3bn black hole in social care services by the end of the decade.
It was impossible to estimate how much the thieves had got away with and the stolen goods would include family heirlooms and personal jewellery as well as stock from gem, diamond and pearl dealers, he said.
A spokesman for Deloitte said: "We estimate the maximum possible award that could result from the Comet case to be less than half the £26m figure that has been quoted by the secretary of state, and we have provided relevant information to the Insolvency Service to assist them with paying the award.
"We estimate we probably need around £4.5m spending on the school and we have to bid for that from the Department for Education.
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In 1965 the final cost estimate under Utzon was $43m and the estimated completion date 1968.
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