Definition: 1. How much of something is available. 2. A quantity of money. 3. How much there is of something that you can quantify. 4. A quantity obtained by addition. 5. Be tantamount or equivalent to.
Use 'amount' in a sentence:
1. The generous amount of garlic adds flavour.
2. We insisted on a refund of the full amount.
3. People should decrease the amount of fat they eat.
4. No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind.
5. The singer earns a colossal amount of money.
6. Their actions amount to a breach of contract.
7. There's been any amount of research into the subject.
8. I still do a certain amount of work for them.
9. They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.
10. They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid.
11. We had a surprising amount in common.
12. The amount required to redeem the mortgage was $358,587.
13. The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.
14. I've got a terrific amount of work to do.
15. The amount of fuel that this car uses is a big strike against it.
16. He earns an obscene amount of money.
17. We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
18. He was stupefied by the amount they had spent.
19. She has a huge amount of Victorian kitchenware.
20. The car has a generous amount of space.
21. If you add all these amounts together you get a huge figure.
22. A small amount of this paint goes a long way.
23. The total collection last week amounted to £ 250.
24. He gave her a fifth of the total amount.
25. Only a minute amount is needed.
26. Need I pay the whole amount now?
27. You have to allow for a certain amount of error.
28. Teachers have a limited amount of time to interact with each child.
29. He put a limit on the amount we could spend.
30. There is still an immense amount of work to be done.
31. The amount of alcohol in his blood was triple the legal maximum.
32. No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool.
33. You will receive a bill for the full amount.
34. Educational expenditure is often expressed in terms of the amount spent per student.
35. No amount of make-up could hide her age.
36. The tank had leaked a small amount of water.
37. Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.
38. Modern computers can organize large amounts of data very quickly.
39. He needs that amount of money to survive.
40. I work an incredible amount of hours.
41. We need double the amount we already have.
42. The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.
43. A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.
44. This year we produced quadruple the amount produced in 2002.
45. People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.
46. There's only a minimal amount of risk involved.
47. Somewhere along the line a large amount of money went missing.
48. The work was done with the minimum amount of effort.
49. The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
