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Lowball
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Lowball
Lowball was an early type of railway signal which indicated danger or a need to stop. The ball signal was a light or indicator suspended from a rope, that could move upwards and downwards, held by a weighted ball. The lowball signal was indicated when the weighted ball, and therefore signal, was at the end of its rope in the low position, indicating stop.
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lowball
Verb
1. make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"
(synonym) underestimate
(hypernym) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
