judgment call

1. A subjective decision made based on one's own experience or viewpoint. Because of the impending snowstorm, it was a judgment call whether I should attempt driving to work.

2. In sports, a decision made by a game official based on what he or she has seen take place. The decision to issue the team a penalty was definitely a judgment call by the referee.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anisim	-	Russian
Pilirani	pil-ee-RAH-nee	Southern African, Chewa
Ceri (1)	KE-ri	Welsh
Barbara	BAHR-bər-ə (English), BAHR-brə (English), BAHR-bah-rah (German), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish)	English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,
Klotild	-	Hungarian
Wilfredo	-	Spanish