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• v  make a deliberately low estimate
  The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed

• Actually, $15,000 is a lowball estimate, since that would barely cover the event-space rental tab for the kind of lavish spectacles that have become prime-time fare on MTV's highly .
• The Spirit and Opportunity rovers bounced down on Mars in 2004 with a similar lowball goal of just 90 days of operational life.
• When the rest of us bother to guess, we usually lowball what's in a meal by as much as 45%.

• underestimate

News & Articles

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• SEC fines Perelman's Revlon for 'misleading disclosures'
  $850,000 fine for failing to report lowball share offer was below adviser's target
  June 13, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Rick Perry in Bizjournals.com
  It is wrong for any government to make a lowball offer, then respond to an owner's righteous refusal by taking the land,Perry said. "The government owes land owners a genuine good-faith negotiation, not a land grab."
• Bruce Ralston in Vancouver Sun
  The minister stuck to the lowball $175-million security number long past a time when every other knowledgeable person said it was completely unrealistic,said NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston. "In order to take the heat off, they agreed to...
• Lyle Overbay in 940 News
  I haven't been able to drive the ball,said Overbay, who suffered a broken right hand June 3rd after getting hit by a pitch from Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks. "I feel like I'm a lowball hitter and to not be able to drive that ball...