| NOUN | quantity | indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity |
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| Meaning | An estimated quantity. | |
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| Narrower | addition, increase, gain | A quantity that is added |
| bag | The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person) | |
| breakage | The quantity broken | |
| capacity | (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive | |
| catch, haul | The quantity that was caught | |
| containerful | The quantity that a container will hold | |
| correction, fudge factor | A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure | |
| dose, dosage | The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time | |
| footstep, pace, step, stride | The distance covered by a step | |
| headspace | The volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin / tin) before sealing | |
| large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude | |
| limit, limitation | The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed | |
| limit, limit point, point of accumulation | The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity | |
| load, loading | A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | |
| load | An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate | |
| outage | The amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation / transportation | |
| output, yield, production | The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) | |
| precipitation | The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time | |
| region, neighborhood | The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of') | |
| reserve | (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions | |
| run | The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.) | |
| skinful | A quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk | |
| small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude | |
| spillage | The amount that has spilled | |
| spoilage | The amount that has spoiled | |
| supply | An amount of something available for use | |
| tankage | The quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks | |
| top-up | An amount needed to restore something to its former level | |
| ullage | The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full | |
| worth | An indefinite quantity of something having a specified value | |
| Broader | measure, quantity, amount | How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
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