What is APPROXIMATE? Definition of APPROXIMATE in Black's Law Dictionary
Used in the sense of an estimate merely, meaning more or less, but about and near the amount, quantity, or distance specified. Stockburger v. Brooker, 33 Ga.App. 676, 127 S.E. 663. Near to; about; a little more or less; close. Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Fitzgerald, Tex. Civ.App., 292 S.W. 925, 927. Fiesel v. Bennett, 225 Iowa 98, 280 N.W. 482, 484. "Approximately" is very nearly synonymous with "proximately," P. B. Arnold Co. v. Buchanan, 60 Ind.App. 626, 111 N.E. 204, 207; meaning very nearly, but not absolutely. Sandberg v. Margold Realty Corporation, 247 N.Y.S. 139, 141, 231 App.Div. 241.
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