General words for numbers, amounts and quantities
accumulation
noun
the amount of something that collects or is collected over time
allocation
noun
an amount or share of something that is given to someone or used for a particular purpose
allowance
noun
an amount of something that you are officially allowed by a particular set of rules or by the law
amount
noun
a quantity of something
amount
noun
a number of things. Many people consider this use to be incorrect
arithmetic
noun
the number of people or things that are involved in a situation, and the way in which they affect the situation
backlog
noun
an amount of work or other things that you should already have done or dealt with
balance
noun
the amount of something that remains after part has been used
batch
noun
a quantity of a substance needed or produced at one time
block
noun
an amount of something, or a number of individual things that are considered together as a single object
capacity
noun
the amount of something that can be put in a container, or the number of people that a place has room for
cavalcade
noun
a number of important people, things, or events appearing or happening in a short space of time
clump
noun
a group of people or things very close together
complement
noun
the number of people or things that something has
concentration
noun
the amount of a substance that is present in something
count
noun
the amount of a substance that is measured as being present in another substance, for example in your blood or in the air
deduction
noun
an amount or number taken from a total
degree
noun
an amount of something such as a feeling or a quality
demand
noun
the amount of a product or service that people want, or the fact that they want it
density
noun
the amount of something in a place
disequilibrium
noun
a situation in which there is more of one thing than another so that there is a lack of balance
dose
noun
an amount of a particular quality
dose
noun
an amount of something bad that happens to you
flow
noun
a supply of something that continues without stopping
inch
noun
an amount of rain, snow, soil etc that would cover a surface with a layer that is one inch deep
inflow
noun
an amount of something such as money or goods that comes into a place
intake
noun
the amount of something that you eat or drink
investment
noun
the amount of time, energy, or emotion needed in order to make something successful
level
noun
the amount of something, especially when it can be counted or measured
market share
noun
the percentage of the total amount of sales of a particular product that a company has
mass
noun
the amount of matter that something contains
number
noun
a quantity of people or things
order of magnitude
noun
used to refer to the amount or degree of something
output
noun
the amount of something that a person, organization, system etc produces
overdose
noun
an amount of anything that is considered to be too much
overlap
noun
the amount by which things overlap each other
overlay
noun
a noticeable amount of a sound, taste, smell, or feeling that is added to another
part
noun
some but not all of something
part
noun
a particular quantity used for measuring equal amounts of different substances to form a mixture
penn’orth
noun
the amount of something that you can buy with a penny
pennyworth
noun
the amount of something that you can buy with a penny
pool
noun
a number or amount of something available for sharing
proportion
noun
the relationship between two or more quantities or parts of a whole
quantity
noun
the amount of something
quantity
noun
a particular amount of something
quota
noun
an amount of something that someone is officially allowed to have or do
quota
noun
an amount of something that someone has to do
quota
noun
an amount of something that you expect
range
noun
a number of different things that are of the same general type
rank
noun
a number of things arranged in a line
ratio
noun
a relationship between the sizes of two numbers or amounts
refill
noun
another amount of something that is put into a container after it has become empty
saving
noun
an amount of something that you manage to avoid using or spending
scale
noun
the rate at which something is produced, developed etc
several
determiner, pronoun
a number of people or things that is more than two or three, but not many
spread
noun
a number of different things
stock
noun
the total amount of something that is available for people to use
stream
noun
a continuous flow of liquid or gas
stream
noun
a continuous flow of people or things
supply
noun
an amount or quantity of something that is available to use
throughput
noun
the amount of work, people, or things that a system deals with in a particular period
tolerance
noun
the amount by which the size of a part of a machine can be different from the standard size before it prevents the machine from operating correctly
unit
noun
a standard quantity used for measuring something
usage
noun
the amount of something that you use
volume
noun
an amount of something
wastage
noun
the amount of something that is wasted
whack
noun
an amount of something, usually money
worth
noun
an amount measured by the time it lasts
yield
noun
an amount of something that is produced
certain of
several specific people or things belonging to a larger group
two-ply/three-ply etc
used as a measurement of the number of strands in wool, rope, string etc
your ration of something
someone’s ration of something such as bad luck is the amount that they are likely to have in their life
