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An acceptable, roughly accurate approximation, as in I know you can't tell me the exact cost; just give me a ballpark figure . This term alludes to a baseball field, which is always an enclosed space. The expression is basically an extension of the somewhat earlier in the ballpark , meaning within a reasonable range, and out of the ballpark , beyond a reasonable range. [ Slang ; late 1960s]

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