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| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
| Synonyms: | bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, heap, hunk, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint*, number, oodles*, pack, peck, pile, scads*, score, supply, volume, whopper*, aplenty, bags, gob, jillion, mucho, passel, slat, slew, ton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | addition, aggregate, all, bad news*, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag*, product, quantum, score, sum, tab*, whole, set-back, tidy sum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whole effect |
| Synonyms: | body, burden, core, import, matter, purport, result, sense, significance, substance, thrust, upshot, value, full value |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, all, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, combination, conglomerate, conglomeration, gross, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, quantity, sum, total, totality, whole, the works, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole schmear, whole shooting match |
| Antonyms: | individual, one, part |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine into a collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, amount, assemble, collect, combine, come, heap, mix, number, pile, sum, total, add up |
| Antonyms: | break up, disperse, divide |
| Main Entry: | batch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of same objects |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, amount, array, assemblage, assortment, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, crowd, group, lot, pack, parcel, quantity, set, shipment, volume |
| Antonyms: | individual |
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
| Synonyms: | amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, mass, meat*, meat and potatoes*, middle, midst, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot, main idea, midpoint, nitty gritty |
| Antonyms: | covering, exterior, outside, perimeter, surface, exteriority |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, bottom line*, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback*, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste, cash on barrelhead, come to*, outgo, spending |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line*, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, output, overhead, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth, decrement, out of pocket, payroll, spending |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amount, area, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bounds, elbowroom*, period of time, purview, spaciousness, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calculation |
| Synonyms: | altitude, amount, analysis, appraisal, area, assessment, capacity, computation, degree, density, depth, determination, dimension, distance, estimation, evaluation, extent, frequency, height, judgment, length, magnitude, mass, measure, mensuration, pitch, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, survey, thickness, time, valuation, volume, weight, width, amplitude, calibration, metage, quantification |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | number |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | count, calculate |
| Synonyms: | account, add, aggregate, amount, come, computer, enumerate, estimate, figure in, include, numerate, reckon, run, run down, sum, tale, tally, tell, total, add up, count heads, count noses, count off, figure out, keep tabs, run into, run to, take account of, tick off*, tote, tote up |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | output |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced |
| Synonyms: | achievement, amount, crop, gain, harvest, making, manufacture, manufacturing, producing, product, production, productivity, profit, take, turnout, yield |
| Antonyms: | input |
| Main Entry: | payment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee; installment of fee |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, advance, alimony, amends, amount, award, bounty, cash, deposit, disbursement, discharge, down, fee, hire, outlay, part, pension, portion, premium, reckoning, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, return, reward, salary, settlement, subsidy, sum, support, wage, amortization, annuity, defrayal, defrayment, indemnification, pay-off, paying, quittance, remittance |
| Main Entry: | product |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result or goods created |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, amount, blend, brand, brew, by-product, commodity, compound, concoction, confection, consequence, contrivance, creation, crop, device, effect, emolument, fabrication, fruit, gain, handiwork, invention, issue, legacy, line, manufacture, merchandise, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, output, preparation, produce, production, profit, realization, result, stock, synthetic, upshot, work, yield, artifact, decoction, returns, spinoff |
| Antonyms: | cause, resource |
| Main Entry: | proportions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | measurements |
| Synonyms: | amount, area, breadth, compass, depth, diameter, dimensions, expanse, extent, height, length, magnitude, range, scope, size, volume, width |
| Main Entry: | rival |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose; be a match for |
| Synonyms: | amount, approach, approximate, come up to*, compete, contend, contest, correspond, emulate, equal, go for, match, meet, near, partake, resemble, tie, touch, bear comparison with, come near to, compare with, go after, jockey for position, measure up to, rivalize, scramble for, seek to displace, vie with |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cooperate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | size |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent or bulk of some dimension |
| Synonyms: | amount, area, body, breadth, caliber, capaciousness, capacity, content, diameter, dimensions, enormity, extension, extent, greatness, height, highness, immensity, intensity, largeness, length, magnitude, mass, measurement, proportion, proportions, range, scope, spread, stature, stretch, substance, vastness, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bigness, hugeness, substantiality, tonnage, voluminosity |
| Main Entry: | span |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distance, duration |
| Synonyms: | amount, compass, extent, interval, length, measure, period, reach, space, spell, spread, stretch, term, time |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
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