counterestimate
English
Etymology
counter- + estimate
Noun
counterestimate (plural counterestimates)
- An estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.
- 2021, Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Seleukos (page 216)
- Specialists in military history and logistics have forever questioned Herodotus's figures, agreeing that they are unacceptable and proposing countless counterestimates.
- 2021, Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Seleukos (page 216)