お見み積つもり

Meanings

Polite business term for a price quotation or estimate, often used in commercial contexts. The honorific お makes it more formal than 見積もり.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉のお見み積つもりを取とるto get a quote for something
新あたらしいシステムのお見み積つもりを取とりました。
We got a quote for the new system.
お見み積つもりを依い頼らいするto request a quote
工こう事じのお見み積つもりを依い頼らいしました。
I requested a quote for the construction work.
お見み積つもりをお願ねがいしますplease give me a quote (polite request)
この商しょう品ひんのお見み積つもりをお願ねがいします。
Could you please give me a quote for this product?
お見み積つもりを提てい出しゅつするto submit a quotation
来らい週しゅうまでにお見み積つもりを提てい出しゅつします。
I will submit the quotation by next week.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
積volume, product (x*y), acreage

Related words

概がい算さん
概算 is a rough, ballpark estimate given before detailed figures are worked out, whereas お見積もり is a formal, itemized quotation presented to a client.

Politeness

見み積つもりplainN1
見積もり is the plain, everyday word for a price quotation, while お見積もり adds the honorific お to sound more polite when speaking to or about a customer.

Don't confuse with

見み込こみN1
見込み means a general forecast or expectation (e.g. of sales or outcome), while お見積もり specifically refers to a priced quotation for goods or services.

Counted with

件けんN2
In business contexts, estimates/quotes are commonly counted as 件.

Written forms

お見み積つもり
Standard polite form with honorific お and full okurigana.
お見み積つもり
Variant with abbreviated okurigana; less common but still seen.
お見み積つもり
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; may appear in some business contexts but not standard.

Etymology

Polite form of 見積もり (estimate), formed by adding the honorific prefix お. The base word 見積もり is a compound of 見る (to see) and 積もる (to accumulate, to estimate).