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itemized estimate

An itemized estimate is a cost estimate that breaks a total amount into separate line items, each showing a particular repair, service, material, or other cost and its estimated price.

In plain English

Instead of giving only one combined price, it shows the expected costs one by one. Each separate entry identifies a specific repair, service, material, or other cost and the estimated price for that entry.

In context

Here, "itemized estimate" names an estimate that presents the expected costs as separate items rather than only as a single total.

Situation
Submitting claims, evidence, estimates, and following claim status
What it communicates
names an estimate that breaks costs into separate items

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not establish that the listed amounts are final rather than estimated.

Examples

“The contractor gave an itemized estimate that listed paint, drywall repair, and labour separately instead of quoting one total.”

Core meaning

“Before deciding, we asked for an itemized estimate for the kitchen repairs.”

In context