judgment call
1judgment call — judgment calls N COUNT If you refer to a decision as a judgment call, you mean that there are no firm rules or principles that can help you make it, so you simply have to rely on your own judgement and instinct. Well, physicians make judgment… …
2judgment call — UK US (UK also judgement call) noun [C] ► a difficult decision that someone must make: »Investors have to make a judgment call on how much risk they are willing to accept …
3judgment call — judgment ,call noun count a decision in which there is no definitely right or wrong answer and that you therefore have to use your own judgment to make …
4judgment call — n. a ruling or decision on a matter that is, typically, not straightforward but that depends upon the judgment or evaluation of someone, as an umpire …
5judgment call — 1. Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule… …
6judgment call — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms judgment call : singular judgment call plural judgment calls a decision in which there is no definitely right or wrong answer and that you therefore have to use your own judgment to make …
7judgment call — noun a) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement. The rookie outfielder was …
8judgment call — 1. Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule… …
9judgment call — judg′ment call n. 1) spo a decision made by a referee or umpire in a sporting event that is based on personal observation of a disputed play 2) any subjective or debatable determination • Etymology: 1840–50 …
10judgment call — noun Date: 1847 a subjective decision, ruling, or opinion …
