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amount

Definition for amount

noun as in quantity

noun as in total

noun as in whole effect

Strongest matches

burden, import, result, value

Weak match

full value

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With rates at these levels—corporate bonds and agency mortgages yield around 5% and emerging market bonds and high-yield bonds yield near 7%—and our flexibility, we can produce a fair amount of income.

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In one instance outlined in the second indictment, Rozier allegedly told co-conspirators that he would be leaving a game early, and the gambling ring bet that he wouldn’t score a certain amount of points.

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But the measures don’t amount to the transformative ones economists see as needed.

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"She brings a huge amount of joy in terms of all the work she does for charity and good causes."

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Both schemes amounted to tens of millions of dollars in theft and robbery across several years and 11 states, authorities said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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