ballpark: Meaning and Definition of

ball•park

Pronunciation: (bôl'pärk"), [key]
— n.
  1. a tract of land where ball games, esp. baseball, are played.
  2. a baseball stadium.
  3. within reasonable, acceptable, or expected limits: The price may go up another $10, but that's still in the ballpark.
—adj.
  1. being an approximation, based on an educated guess: Give me a ballpark figure on our total expenses for next year.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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