What is the amount of something called?
- substantial. adjective. large in amount or degree.
- considerable. adjective. large in size, amount, or degree.
- extensive. adjective. very large in amount or degree.
- enormous. adjective. very large in size or quantity.
- huge. adjective. extremely large in number, amount, or degree.
- great. adjective.
- large. adjective.
- high. adjective.
What is an appropriate amount of?
What is the appropriate amount of insurance for my life? There is a good proven rule, which is that if the insurance policy has a period of 20 years coverage, you must insure your life 10-15 times your annual income, and if the life insurance policy has a period of 30 years coverage, you must insure your life 15-20 times your annual income.
What amount is considered a few?
Few (minus the article “a”) means “not many” which ,as are all these, is quite vague, andnon-specific. A few could typically mean 2–9, since it generally means more than one yet less than ten (except when the ten is noted as some proportion of a m...
What is an amount that is more than needed?
‘Upcoding’ occurs when a patient is charged for a more complicated service or procedure than they actually received, he says. Office or emergency room visits may range in complexity from a level 1 to a level 5, with level 1 being the least complicated and level 5 being the most complex, he says. Typically, the higher the level, the higher the cost.
What is determined or estimated amount of something?
tr.v. es·ti·mat·ed, es·ti·mat·ing, es·ti·mates. 1. To calculate approximately (the amount, extent, magnitude, position, or value of something). 2. To form an opinion about; evaluate: "While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance" (Samuel Johnson). n. (-mĭt) 1. a.
What is another word for total amount?
What is another word for the total amount?alleverythingevery partthe entiretythe lotthe whole lotthe whole amountthe aggregatethe sum totalevery bit12 more rows
What is a lot of something called?
synonyms for a lot of enough. full. great. heaps. loads.
What is another word for certain amount?
certain amount; bunch; set.
What's another word for a large amount?
What is another word for large amount?powerabundanceheaphuge amountloadlotmasssizeable amountsubstantial amounttonneUK106 more rows
What is a bunch of?
2a : a number of things of the same kind a bunch of grapes. b : group sense 2a a bunch of friends. c : a considerable amount : lot a bunch of money.
Amount of or number of?
We use amount of with uncountable nouns. Number of is used with countable nouns:
A quantity of or quantities of?
Quantity is more formal than amount or number. A quantity of or quantities of can be followed by a countable noun or an uncountable noun. They are most commonly used with an adjective such as huge, big, large, small:
What is the amount of matter in an object called?
The amount of matter in an object is referred to as its mass. Although the mass of an object is one of the factors that determines its weight, it is a different property.
How to find density of an object?
The density of an object is equal to its mass divided by its volume. While an object's mass is measured in grams or kilograms, its density measurement is expressed as a ratio of grams to volume, such as grams per cubic centimeter, or g/cm 3.
What is the degree of acceleration of an object?
When a force is applied to an object, the degree of its acceleration in reaction to that force is determined by the object's mass. A greater degree of mass in an object gives it a greater degree of what is termed its inertia. The degree that an object will resist a force acting upon it, or to remain in motion once it is moving, ...
What determines the density of an object?
The amount of an object's mass contained within the physical space it occupies, which is its volume, determines its density. Like weight, the density of an object is a different property than its mass. The density of an object is equal to its mass divided by its volume.
Smidgen
This word for a small amount has a large number of variants; we list smidgeon, smidgin, and smidge. There are numerous others, now mostly obscured by the passage of time, such as smitchen, smidging, and smidgion.
Driblet
In addition to the above definition, a driblet may refer to “a drop of liquid” or to “one of a succession of small or insignificant quantities, amounts, portions, or bits (such as ‘driblets of information’).” The word is formed by adding the noun suffix - let (meaning “small one”) to drib (“a small amount”).
Skosh
Skosh came into English in the middle of the 20th century, adopted from the Japanese. U. S. servicemen stationed in Japan after the Second World War shortened the word sukoshi (which means “a small amount” in Japanese) to skosh.
Scruple
The scruple meaning “a very small quantity” and the scruple meaning “an ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action” are etymologically related, which feels somehow fitting, although the relationship is a bit distant.
Iota
Iota, also known as the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet, is often used to measure a very small quantity that one does not even possess (“I haven’t an iota of interest in what you have to say”). The synonym jot (“the least bit”) comes from iota.
Bubkes
Probably the only word in our dictionary for which we give an etymology that traces back to “goat droppings” (it is believed to be a shortening of the Yiddish word kozebubkes, which has this literal meaning), bubkes is also a word typically used to refer to a nonexistent small amount.
Nip & Dram
Both nip and dram may refer to a small quantity of a thing, and both words also have meanings related to a small amount of liquor. We define nip as “a small quantity of liquor, a sip,” and “a very small bottle of liquor,” and dram as “a small portion of something to drink."
