in round numbers meaning

• [American idiom]
  as an estimated number; a figure that has been rounded off.
  • Please tell me in round numbers what it'll cost.
  • I don't need the exact amount. Just give it to me in round figures.
  
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  [American slang]
  Fig. as an estimated number; a figure that has been rounded off. (Typically: be ~; express something ~; write something ~.)
    Please tell me in round numbers what it'll cost.
    I don't need the exact amount. Just give it to me in round figures.

• express sth in round numbers:    [American slang]Go ...
• by numbers:    (of a procedure, e ...
• by the numbers:    [American idiom]ac ...

Examples

1. In round numbers, that would come tohio . com .)
2. Can we make it 40, 000 in round numbers?
3. Financial markets think in round numbers; crossing a threshold always commands attention.
4. In round numbers, B�low commanded 30, 000 soldiers and 96 field guns.
5. The agency also recommended that coverage limits be in round numbers and not be allowed to decrease.