amount
IPA: ʌmˈaʊnt
noun
- The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
- A quantity or volume.
- (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
verb
- (intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.
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Examples of "amount" in Sentences
- Also the amount of the fee is freely selectable.
- The number of SRAMs depended on the amount of cache.
- The sum of the two, gives the total amount of labour embodied.
- The integral of the Hubbert Curve is the total amount of production.
- The total amount paid for the item is the sum of all the differences.
- The denominator is the total amount of sodium filtered by the kidneys.
- The amount of the success is limited to 100 per cent of the normal fees.
- It did not limit the total amount to be used in furnishing the building.
- From these measured valves the total amount of mud and mire is determined.
- From these measured valves, the total amount of mud and mire is determined.
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