a mistake in calculating
1compensating error — ➔ error * * * compensating error UK US noun [C] ACCOUNTING ► a mistake when calculating or recording accounts that is equal in amount to an opposite mistake so that neither affects the final total …
2miscalculation — noun a mistake in calculating (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑misreckoning, ↑misestimation • Derivationally related forms: ↑misestimate (for: ↑misestimation), ↑miscalculate …
3misestimation — noun a mistake in calculating • Syn: ↑miscalculation, ↑misreckoning • Derivationally related forms: ↑misestimate, ↑miscalculate (for: ↑miscalculation) • …
4misreckoning — noun a mistake in calculating • Syn: ↑miscalculation, ↑misestimation • Derivationally related forms: ↑misestimate (for: ↑misestimation), ↑miscalculate (for: ↑ …
5miscalculation — mis*cal cu*la tion n. 1. a mistake in calculating. Syn: misreckoning, misestimation. [WordNet 1.5] 2. An error in judgment, especially about the effects of action or the likely course of events; as, IBM s miscalculation about the impact of… …
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8miscalculate — mis|cal|cu|late [ ,mıs kælkjə,leıt ] verb intransitive or transitive to make a mistake in calculating numbers: Official estimates have been miscalculated by as much as $100 million. a. to make a wrong judgment about what will happen or what to do …
9miscalculate — UK [mɪsˈkælkjʊleɪt] / US [ˌmɪsˈkælkjəˌleɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms miscalculate : present tense I/you/we/they miscalculate he/she/it miscalculates present participle miscalculating past tense miscalculated past participle… …
10miscalculate — [ˌmɪsˈkælkjʊˌleɪt] verb [I/T] 1) to make a mistake in calculating numbers 2) to make a wrong judgment about what will happen or what to do in a situation miscalculation [ˌmɪskælkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
