English > amount: 7 senses > noun 1, possessionMeaning | A quantity of money. |
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Example | "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
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Synonyms | sum, sum of money, amount of money |
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Narrower | advance, cash advance | An amount paid before it is earned |
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cash surrender value | The amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insured |
contribution | An amount of money contributed |
coverage, insurance coverage | The total amount and type of insurance carried |
deductible | (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) |
defalcation | The sum of money that is misappropriated |
figure | An amount of money expressed numerically |
gain | The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating |
gross, revenue, receipts | The entire amount of income before any deductions are made |
loss, red ink, red | The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue |
payroll, paysheet | The total amount of money paid in wages |
peanuts | An insignificant sum of money |
purse | A sum of money offered as a prize |
purse | A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse |
Broader | assets | Anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company |
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Spanish | cantidad, importe, monto, suma |
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Catalan | import, quantitat, suma |
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English > amount: 7 senses > noun 2, attributeMeaning | The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion. |
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Example | "an adequate amount of food for four people" |
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Narrower | critical mass | The minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture |
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decrease, decrement | The amount by which something decreases |
increase, increment | The amount by which something increases / increases |
insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number |
margin | An amount beyond the minimum necessary |
negativity, negativeness | An amount less than zero |
number, figure | The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals |
positivity, positiveness | An amount greater than zero |
quantity | An adequate or large amount |
smallness | The property of being a relatively small amount |
Broader | magnitude | The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) |
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Spanish | cantidad, cuantía, número |
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Catalan | quantia, quantitat |
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English > amount: 7 senses > noun 3, TopsMeaning | How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
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Synonyms | measure, quantity |
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Attributes | nonstandard | Varying from or not adhering to a standard |
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standard | conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value |
Narrower | cordage | The amount of wood in an area as measured in cords |
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definite quantity | A specific measure of amount |
fundamental quantity, fundamental measure | One of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement |
indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
magnetization, magnetisation | The extent or degree to which something is magnetized |
octane number, octane rating | A measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline |
playing period, period of play, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds |
point, point in time | An instant of time |
probability, chance | A measure of how likely it is that some event will occur |
proof | A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) |
quantum | (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory) |
radical | (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity |
relative quantity | A quantity relative to some purpose |
system of measurement, metric | A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic / characteristic |
time interval, interval | A definite length of time marked off by two instants |
time unit, unit of time | A unit for measuring time periods |
value, economic value | The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else |
volume | The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object |
volume | A relative amount |
Broader | abstraction, abstract entity | A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
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Spanish | cantidad, cuantía, medida |
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Catalan | mesura, quantia, quantitat |
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Verbs | amount | add up in number or quantity |
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