actual amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactualandamount
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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofactualandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofactual amount
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Thus, it is very possible to give away more than half theactualamount.
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This should reduce the possible variability associated with heather stand age and theactualamountof heather present in the vegetation.
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A proportion of each leaf was then torn off and the leaves scanned and measured again, from which theactualamountmissing was calculated.
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Surely, it is not theactualamountof research and theory development engendered by problem-focused research, which is considerable.
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There is often a discrepancy between theactualamountof help provided and subjective perceptions of the amount of help.
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Theactualamountpaid, however, through no fault of the companies, could still be relatively high.
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Patients with psychiatric morbidity may exaggerate theactualamountof disability and recall more life events.
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Theactualamountof adjustment is calculated externally to the policy.
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For example, the cost of design is evaluated as expensive, affordable, or cheap without specifying theactualamountin dollar terms.
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The new empirical development is the ability to estimate theactualamountof genetic variation in fitness (or fitness components) in natural populations.
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This is 10 times higher than theactualamountof lysozyme measured in the lysis assay.
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It is possible that theactualamountof diesel degraded could be higher than that measured in this study.
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Sibship reconstruction theactualamountrequired depends strongly upon the sample size.
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Theactualamountspent is referenced to the particular year in which the amount is spent.
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We have the position of a gap between normal requirements and theactualamountavailable.
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Theactualamountwhich will be outstanding after the five years is only a fraction of this.
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A large fraction of the year would be spent in making up theactualamount.
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But he has not told us what theactualamountwill be.
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The grower is, therefore, concerned with theactualamountwhich he receives.
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