amount of money
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountandmoney
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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money
noun[U]
uk/ˈmʌn.i/us/ˈmʌn.i/
coins or notes (= special pieces of paper) that are used to buy things, or an amount of these that a ...
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(Definition ofamountandmoneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If a head of service had a small additionalamountofmoneyto spend, this was often used internally to upgrade staff with limited competition.
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Thisamountofmoneyis out of most people's reach, and an extensive system of import licence sharing has therefore emerged.
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More knowledge about each other increases the amount and frequency of money trustees send trustors and theamountofmoneytrustors send trustees.
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This makes it all the more interesting to see how the smallamountofmoneywas distributed.
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Extraction of the organic remains from the stony matrix, a process both laborious and delicate, required a substantialamountofmoney.
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The other two decks produce smaller winnings and smaller losses which, in the long run, generate a largeramountofmoney.
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Only a quarter of theamountofmoneyspent on newspaper advertising was attributed to the five most pressing problems.
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Theamountofmoneyearned was displayed at all times in the upper right corner of the screen.
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We should conclude, instead, that we should spend a small(er)amountofmoneyon rewarding desert.
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To give an idea of a town's daily consumption of opium, theamountofmoneyspent on it exceeds that spent on rice.
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Theamountofmoneyavailable is governed by the additional amount available for improvements in the health sector.
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In both countries a largeamountofmoneyhas been spent on subsidizing grain for consumers.
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In a general sense, the balance of anamountofmoneyis the part that remains after some of it has been spent.
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Leave to one side the logical problem of whether it is possible for anything to be worth more money than anyamountofmoney.
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Table 1 presents theamountofmoneyspent by the four groups of parties in the three cantons.
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Do you think there should be a law limiting theamountofmoneyany individual is allowed to earn in a year?
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Participation in a plan implies that the employer saves a certainamountofmoneyfor the employee's retirement period.
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Theamountofmoneyreturned to the trustee is positively correlated with the trustor's initial offer.
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Also, there was considerable debate over theamountofmoneyto be allocated for the purchase of artefacts, and which department should provide the finance.
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