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Definition of amount noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

amount

noun
 OPAL WOPAL S
 
/əˈmaʊnt/
 
/əˈmaʊnt/
[countable, uncountable]Idioms
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  1.  
     (used especially with uncountable nouns) a quantity of something
    • I was amazed at the amount he could eat.
    • Mix the colours in equal amounts.
    • amount of something an amount of money/information/work/time
    • A certain amount of time has already been spent on the project.
    • The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
    • Try to reduce the amount of energy and water you use at home.
    • Faculty should increase the amount and quality of feedback they provide.
    Amount is most often used with uncountable nouns: an amount of cash/space/material/food It is also sometimes used with countable nouns, especially in spoken or informal English: You're competing with a massive amount of people. However, some people consider that this is not correct and prefer to use number with countable nouns: You're competing with a very large number of people.
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    • We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
    • There was a large increase in the amount of money invested in March and April.
    • The sauce has just the right amount of salt.
    • He drank copious amounts of water after his run.
    • Tap water also contains varying amounts of rust and grit.
    • There was a fair amount of traffic on the roads.
    • You have a certain amount of freedom to explore new techniques.
    • They want to limit the amount of cash available.
    • The amount of reclaimed glass used in industry has doubled in the last five years.
    • The average amount of pocket money received by teenagers fell this year.
    • a considerable amount of money
    • an amount equivalent to 0.3% per annum
    • exposure to high amounts of oxygen
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • copious amounts
    • enormous
    • …
    verb + amount
    • double
    • increase
    • decrease
    • …
    amount + verb
    • double
    • increase
    • decrease
    • …
    preposition
    • amount of
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  2.  
     a sum of money
    • Everyone has paid the same amount.
    • You will receive a bill for the full amount.
    • The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.
    • Small amounts will be paid in cash.
    • You must pay back the full amount that you owe.
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont ‘upward’, literally ‘uphill’, from Latin ad montem. The noun use dates from the early 18th cent.
Idioms
any amount of something
  1. a large quantity of something
    • There's been any amount of research into the subject.
no amount of something
  1. used for saying that something will have no effect
    • No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool.
See amount in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee amount in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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