The phrase "a total estimate" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to describe the total amount of something, or when making a calculation of a final amount. For example, "We used the sum of the estimates of the different components of the project to reach a total estimate of $20,000."
With cost-plus, you pay as you go without a total estimate.
After searching part of the sky for two years, they used computer simulations to come up with a total estimate, which, they report in the journal Nature, is about 700.
We then added independent estimates of the number of porpoises from the two lakes for a total estimate of approximately 1800 porpoises.
Following our results, the current outbreak will continue for approximately two years for a total estimate of the order of nine million infected people.
The estimated losses for this scenario are NZ$6600 M for residential buildings and NZ$2100 M for residential contents, giving a total estimate scenario loss of NZ$8700 M.
The summary estimates of hazard ratios or relative risks from each publication were pooled to give a total estimate of risk (table 2).
Los Angeles, which had the most murders in 2002 -- 658 -- ended up with a total estimated at lower than 500, according to The Associated Press.
So far 53 founders have committed to the pledge, creating a total estimated fund of more than $28m (nearly £18.5m).
Tellingly, the Office and Professional Employees International Union represents only 110,416 white-collar workers in the US — out of a total estimated at upwards of 54 million.
By contrast, the president of Harvard University, Drew Gilpin Faust, received a base pay of $714,000, and a total estimated compensation of $874,000, according to federal tax documents from the non-profit institution.
A total estimated 3,150 mL of MPA was shipped but not administered because of the recall.
