Estimator

Definition: Estimator

Estimator

Noun

1. An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).

Date "estimator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references)

Etymology: Estimator \Es"ti*ma`tor\, noun. [Latin expression aestimator.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Estimator

Domain	Definitions
Avian	A function of sample data that describes or approximates a parameter (Ralph 1981:578). (references)
Occupations	Analyzes blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for products, projects, or services, applying knowledge of specialized methodologies, techniques, principles, or processes: Reviews data to determine material and labor requirements and prepares itemized lists. Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes, such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work, preparing bids, selecting vendors or subcontractors, and determining cost effectiveness. Conducts special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or effect cost reductions. Consults with clients, vendors, or other individuals to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues. May specialize according to particular service performed, type of product manufactured, or phase of work involved, such as tool and fixture costs, production costs, construction costs, or material costs. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Estimator

Synonyms: calculator (n), computer (n), figurer (n), reckoner (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Estimator

Specialty definitions using "estimator": asymptotically unbiased estimator, asymptotically unbiassed estimator, automobile-body repair chief, AUTOMOBILE-BODY REPAIRER, automobile-body worker ♦ best asymptotically normal estimator, best estimator, best linear unbiased estimator, best linear unbiassed estimator, body repairer, bus, body-line finisher ♦ conditionally unbiased estimator, conditionally unbiassed estimator, cost estimator, CRATING-AND-MOVING ESTIMATOR ♦ dent remover, door repairer, bus, Durbin's multistage variance estimator ♦ empirical Bayes'estimator, ESTIMATOR AND DRAFTER, estimator, automobile damage, ESTIMATOR, JEWELRY, estimator, lumber, ESTIMATOR, PAPERBOARD BOXES, ESTIMATOR, PRINTING ♦ FABRIC-AND-ACCESSORIES ESTIMATOR ♦ Gauss-Markov theorem ♦ Hodges-Lehmann one-sample estimator ♦ James-Stein estimator ♦ Kaplan-Meier estimator ♦ LUMBER ESTIMATOR ♦ median unbiasedness, median unbiassedness, metal bumper, metal shrinker, metal worker, minimum normit chi-square estimator, multiplicity estimation ♦ nearly best linear estimator, non-sampling error ♦ optimum statistic ♦ postizo, production estimator ♦ quadratic estimator ♦ Rao-Blackwell theorem, regular best asymptotically normal estimator ♦ SALES REPRESENTATIVE, PRINTING, SERVICE MANAGER, SHOP ESTIMATOR, Spearman estimator, Statistical bias, strictly dominated, SUPERVISOR, AUTOMOBILE BODY REPAIR, SUPERVISOR, ESTIMATOR AND DRAFTER, systematic error ♦ touch-up finisher, metal ♦ YARDAGE ESTIMATOR, Yates-Grundy estimator. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Estimator

Domain	Title
Books	2002 National Painting Cost Estimator (National Painting Cost Estimator, 2002) (reference) 2003 National Construction Estimator (National Construction Estimator, 51st Ed) (reference) 2003 National Electrical Estimator (National Electrical Estimator, 2003) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Estimator (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	2002 CD Estimator (reference) CD ESTIMATOR 2003 (reference) Instant Estimator (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Craftsman Book Co. 1-57218-087-0 2000 CD Estimator (reference) Stanley 77-007 IntelliMeasure Ultrasonic Estimator with Laser Pointer (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Usage Frequency: Estimator

"Estimator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Estimator" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	44	51,500

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Estimator

Expressions using "estimator": asymptotically unbiased estimator ♦ asymptotically unbiassed estimator ♦ best asymptotically normal estimator ♦ best estimator ♦ best linear unbiased estimator ♦ best linear unbiassed estimator ♦ conditionally unbiased estimator ♦ conditionally unbiassed estimator ♦ Durbin's multistage variance estimator ♦ nearly best linear estimator ♦ quadratic estimator ♦ regular best asymptotically normal estimator ♦ Spearman estimator. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Estimator

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
tax estimator	88	roofing estimator	16
construction estimator	81	paint estimator	16
estimator payment	80	mileage estimator	16
mortgage estimator	72	electrical estimator	15
car payment estimator	62	project estimator	13
home value estimator	60	estimator least median square	11
estimator	60	home estimator	11
concrete estimator	45	carpet estimator	11
estimator salary	37	paycheck estimator	11
construction cost estimator	32	estimator regression robust	10
body fat estimator	28	car loan estimator	10
2003 estimator tax	24	estimator fence	9
estimator loan	24	auto payment estimator	9
mortgage payment estimator	22	estimator printing	8
building cost estimator	20	painting estimator	8
deck estimator	20	loan payment estimator	8
national estimator	19	building estimator	8
cost estimator	19	estimator job	8
income tax estimator	18	auto loan estimator	8
national construction estimator	18	closing cost estimator	7
		estimator free home value	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Estimator

Language		Translations for "estimator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vlerësues (appraiser, assessor, evaluative, judge, rater, valuer), preventivues. (various references)

Bulgarian		оценител (appraiser, assessor). (various references)

Chinese		估计物. (various references)

Czech		kdo odhaduje. (various references)

Danish		syner (inspector). (various references)

Dutch		glassorteerder (inspector), glaskeurder (inspector). (various references)

Finnish		tarkastaja (auditor, checker, comptroller, controller, emptier, final examiner, government inspector, inspecting officer, inspector, lehr assistant, lehr end service man, sorter, spot checker, superintendent, supervisor), syynääjä (inspector). (various references)

French		estimateur. (various references)

German		Glasbeschauer (inspector). (various references)

Greek		εκτιμητήσ (assessor, rater, valuator, valuer), εκτιμητής (assessor, inspector). (various references)

Hebrew		שמאי (appraiser, assessor, valuer). (various references)

Hungarian		becslõ. (various references)

Italian		estimatore (admirer, appraiser, appraising officer, cherisher, inspector, judge). (various references)

Korean		평가인. (various references)

Manx		prioseilagh (appraiser), ooleyder. (various references)

Pig Latin		estimatoray

Portuguese		estimador (Estonia, inspector), inspector (defect marker, final examiner, inspector, spot checker), consideração (account, consideration, deference, deliberation, esteem, importance, regard, respect, thought). (various references)

Russian		оценщик (appraiser, apraiser, assayer, rater, valuator, valuer), оценочная функция. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		koji vrši procenu. (various references)

Spanish		estimador (inspector). (various references)

Swedish		synare (inspector, sorter), sorterare (inspector, sorter), avsynare (defect marker, inspector). (various references)

Turkish		tahminci (forecaster), değerlendirici. (various references)

Ukranian		оцінювач (appraiser). (various references)

Vietnamese		người ước lượng, người đánh giá (appraiser). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Estimator

Derivations
	Words beginning with "estimator": estimators. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Estimator"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "estimator" (pronounced usti"muter)
6	-t i" m u t er	altimeter.
5	-i" m u t er	perimeter, polarimeter.
4	-m u t er	accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, densitometer, diameter, fluorometer, goniometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, interferometer, kilometer, magnetometer, micrometer, odometer, parameter, photometer, spectrometer, speedometer, tensiometer, thermometer.
3	-u t er	Amphitheater, arbiter, auditor, capacitor, catheter, comparator, competitor, conservator, conspirator, contributor, creditor, depositor, distributor, editor, elater, executor, exhibitor, inheritor, inhibitor, inquisitor, interlocutor, interpreter, janitor, marketer, monitor, orator, orbiter, picketer, predator, progenitor, proprietor, quieter, rioter, Sen, senator, sequitur, solicitor, telemarketer, Theater, theatre, trumpeter, visitor.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Estimator

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-o-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: amoretti, amortise, atomiser, mistreat, omitters, teratism, toastier, tritomas.
	-2 letters: amorist, amosite, artiest, artiste, atomies, atomise, atomist, attires, erotism, etatism, imarets, iratest, maestri, maestro, matters, metrist, misrate, moister, mortise, omitter, ratites, rotates, smartie, smatter, stomate, striate, tastier, toaster, trisome, tritoma.
	-3 letters: aimers, airest, aorist, ariose, aristo, armets, armies, artist, attire, imaret, isomer, master, maters.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-o-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: estimators, meditators, microstate, monetarist.
	+2 letters: astrometric, autoerotism, hematocrits, marionettes, meritocrats, microstates, monetarists, mortalities, remotivates, tautomerism, terminators, thermotaxis.
	+3 letters: actinometers, astrometries, autoerotisms, dilatometers, impetrations, keratotomies, legitimators, menstruation, metrications, overestimate, permutations, recommittals, stigmasterol, stromatolite, tautomerisms, terminations, tetrazoliums, thermostatic.
	+4 letters: actinometries, antimodernist, antiterrorism, aromaticities, autoeroticism, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrative, dermatologist, determinators, dilatometries, documentarist, exterminators, fermentations, gastrectomies, immortalities, masticatories, melodramatist, menstruations, metropolitans, microcassette, nitromethanes, nonmonetarist, overestimated, overestimates, overstimulate, premeditators, remonstrating, remonstration, remonstrative, remotivations, restimulation, stationmaster, stigmasterols, stromatolites, temporalities, thermoplastic, thermostating, thoracotomies, toastmistress, tracheotomies.
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