The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ESTIMATOR
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What does ESTIMATOR mean?
ESTIMATOR noun- A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
- A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population