Collocations for "amount"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "amount" in context.
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amount
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [large, small, certain, precise, considerable] amount (of)
- [large] amounts (of)
- a [large] amount of [money, effort]
- a [large] enough amount
- the [principle, estimated, total, initial, final] amount
- a [surprising, disappointing] amount
- an [unexpected, overwhelming, astonishing] amount (of)
- [will have, would like] (just) a small amount
- [never, don't] carry a large amount of [money, cash]
- is only a limited amount (of)
- gave a [minimal, considerable] amount of [time, effort] (to)
- [met, offered, encountered] a great amount of resistance
- huge amounts (of drugs) were [found, seized, burned, destroyed]
- wouldn't believe the amount of [money, time, effort] that [it took, I wasted]
- what is the total amount?
- came to an amount of [$400]
- no amount of money would [change my mind, convince me]
- no amount of [money, talk, coercion, intimidation] will make me [run away, give up, withdraw]
- can [give, pay, donate, offer, take] any amount you [like, want]
- add it in [large, small] amounts
- the total amount [due, to pay, paid, outstanding]
- the amount may not exceed [$40]
- [might, could, will] amount to [nothing, something]
- [damages, taxes, costs, income, expenses, sales] amounted to
- amounted to [over, almost, exactly] [$1000]
- amounting at [times, present] to
- amounting on average to
- not expected to amount to [much, anything, more than]
- he will never amount to anything
'amount' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
account
- add
- apply
- bid
- enter
- establish
- factor
- increase
- invoice
- lower
- pay
- sign
- strike
- top
- cap
- hill
- hand
- yes
- writing
- waste
- trust
- threshold
- symbol
- stress
- strength
- sleep
- reason
- problem
- person
- oil
- no
- about
- actual
- amazing
- appropriate
- average
- certain
- correct
- crazy
- equal
- even
- fair
- given
- great
- gross
- handsome
- healthy
- huge
- very
- total