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in the ballpark

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ball⋅park

  [bawl-pahrk]
Use in the ballpark in a Sentence
–noun
1. a tract of land where ball games, esp. baseball, are played.
2. a baseball stadium.
–adjective
3. Informal. being an approximation, based on an educated guess: Give me a ballpark figure on our total expenses for next year.
—Idiom
4. in the ballpark, Informal. within reasonable, acceptable, or expected limits: The price may go up another $10, but that's still in the ballpark.
Also, ball park.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; ball 1 + park
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Inn at the Ballpark Hotel
Right Across from Minute Maid Park! AAA 4 Diamond Luxury Hotel-Book Now
www.InnAtTheBallpark.com
Baseball In The
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Word Origin & History

ballpark 
"baseball stadium," 1899, from (base)ball + park. Fig. sense of "acceptable range of approximation" first recorded 1960, originally referring to area within which a spacecraft was expected to return to earth; the reference is to broad but reasonably predictable dimensions.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

in the ballpark

Also, out of the ballpark.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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