amount of money
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- noun
- My only source of anxiety was the amount of money I was losing every month.
- amount of money spent
- large amount of money
- small amount of money
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Watch on YouTubeBut she's been making the same amount of money year in, year out.
- But she's been making the same amount of money year in, year out.
- It's yielding copious amounts of money if this is correct.
- It wasn't the amount of money that was being spent.
- He makes Netflix a huge amount of money, an insane amount of money.
- It's not the same amount of money as how much my time is actually worth.
- What's the most amount of money you've ever lost?
- And when you're doing huge amounts of money, you're buying players.
- For the exact same amount of money saved into Premium Bonds.
- They break down the amount of money into simply the dogs that pass.
- But she gave me exactly the same amount of money that I put in my friends.
- My wife's just left a job of earning X amount of money, ETC.
- Why this amount of money, right?
Examples
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And for that reason, we've made a huge amount of money on our hedging.
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They spent an incredible amount of money getting her ready.
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Given the amount of money we're offering...
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It's dangerous times, actually, the game, because of the amount of money some players are getting paid.
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Given the scale of their resources, this amount of money is a significant figure.
Academic text (1992) -
The knowledge that he had spent a large amount of money weighed on him.
Fiction book (1990) -
I mean, it's an exorbitant amount of money and it keeps going up.
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Typically, colleges and universities spend large amounts of money on promotional efforts to attract students.
Academic text (2011) -
All I want is the artifact, and I'm willing to pay a very generous amount of money for it.
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When you sell your old car, you can get a surprising amount of money that helps pay for a new one.
Synonyms
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Coins, bills, or bank savings people use to buy things and pay for services
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A quantity of something, often money or goods
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Money saved or set aside for a specific purpose
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An amount of money considered as a whole
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A total amount of money
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Money available to spend for a specific purpose
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An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'amount of money' is directly and compositionally built from 'amount' (a total/quantity) + 'of' (linking) + 'money' (currency), so its meaning 'quantity/sum of money' is immediately derivable from the constituents. This noun + of + noun pattern is common and taught early in English (and mirrored in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand it.
Etymology
Amount of money comes from the simple idea of adding coins and notes to find a 'total'. The amount is that total and the money is what you count, so the phrase means the sum you have, need, or can use.