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estimating

the process of judging the probable expenditure to be incurred in making a product, as a basis for setting a product price. Estimating is generally less detailed and accurate than COSTING where actual costs of jobs are ascertained, but it may suffice in quoting a price for a job.

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Citing dozens of scientific papers on portion size in a June 1995 article in Nutrition Reviews, Nestle and Lisa Young, a doctoral candidate at NYU who also took part in the experiment, concluded that ``virtually everyone has difficulty estimating portion size accurately.

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