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AMOUNT OF MONEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quantity of money
Example:
the amount he had in cash was insufficient
Synonyms:
amount; amount of money; sum; sum of money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("amount of money" is a kind of...):
assets (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amount of money"):
gain (the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating)
gross; receipts; revenue (the entire amount of income before any deductions are made)
cash surrender value (the amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insured)
contribution (an amount of money contributed)
deductible ((taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax))
defalcation (the sum of money that is misappropriated)
loss; red; red ink (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue)
figure (an amount of money expressed numerically)
coverage; insurance coverage (the total amount and type of insurance carried)
advance; cash advance (an amount paid before it is earned)
payroll; paysheet (the total amount of money paid in wages)
peanuts (an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount)
purse (a sum of money offered as a prize)
purse (a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse)
