amount

1. A quantity of money (synset 113352213)
   "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
   is a type of: assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
   subtypes:

   • gain - the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
   • gross, receipts, revenue - the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
   • 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
   • deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)
   • defalcation - the sum of money that is misappropriated
   • loss, red, red ink - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
   • figure - an amount of money expressed numerically
   • coverage, insurance coverage - the total amount and type of insurance carried
   • advance, cash advance - an amount paid before it is earned
   • payroll, paysheet - the total amount of money paid in wages
   • peanuts - an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
   • purse - a sum of money offered as a prize
   • purse - a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
   same as: amount of money, sum, sum of money
2. The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion (synset 105115065)
   "an adequate amount of food for four people"
   is a type of: magnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
   subtypes:

   • positiveness, positivity - an amount greater than zero
   • negativeness, negativity - an amount less than zero
   • critical mass - the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture
   • quantity - an adequate or large amount
   • increase, increment - the amount by which something increases
   • decrease, decrement - the amount by which something decreases
   • smallness - the property of being a relatively small amount
   • deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number
   • margin - an amount beyond the minimum necessary
   • figure, number - the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
3. How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify (synset 100033914)
   tells us about:

   • standard - conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
   • nonstandard - varying from or not adhering to a standard
   is a type of: abstract entity, abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
   subtypes:

   • chance, probability - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
   • quantum - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
   • economic value, value - the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
   • fundamental measure, fundamental quantity - one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
   • definite quantity - a specific measure of amount
   • indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
   • relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose
   • metric, system of measurement - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
   • cordage - the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
   • octane number, octane rating - a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline
   • magnetisation, magnetization - the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
   • radical - (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
   • volume - the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
   • volume - a relative amount
   • proof - a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
   • time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods
   • point, point in time - an instant of time
   • period of play, play, playing period - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
   • interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
   same as: measure, quantity
4. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers (synset 105869651)
   is a type of: quantity - the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
   subtypes:

   • grand total - the sum of the sums of several groups of numbers
   • subtotal - the sum of part of a group of numbers
   same as: sum, total

1. Be tantamount or equivalent to (synset 202671069)
   "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
   subtypes: make - amount to
2. Add up in number or quantity (synset 202651091)
   "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
   is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   subtypes:

   • work out - be calculated
   • outnumber - be larger in number
   • average, average out - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
   • make - add up to
   same as: add up, come, number, total
3. Develop into (synset 202633444)
   "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
   is a type of: become, turn - undergo a change or development
   subtypes: aggregate - amount in the aggregate to
   same as: add up, come

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