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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of property |
| Synonyms: | acreage, allotment, apportionment, area, block, clearing, division, field, frontage, parcel, part, patch, percentage, piece, plat, plot, plottage, portion, property, real estate, tract |
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, share |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, cut, parcel, part, percentage, piece, quota, ration, slice, take |
| Antonyms: | totality, whole |
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, destiny |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, accident, break, breaks, chance, circumstance, decree, doom, foreordination, fortune, hand one is dealt, hazard, karma, kismet, plight, portion, predestination, run of luck, way cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
| Main Entry: | lots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great quantity |
| Synonyms: | acres, galore, gobs, legion, legions, loads, many, oodles, plenty, realty, reams, scads, slathers, slew, tons, wad |
| Antonyms: | little |
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, cut of pie, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, piece of the action, quota, rake off, ration, share, slice, split, stint* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set aside |
| Synonyms: | admeasure, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deduct, give, grant, lot, mete, provide, remit, spare |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
| Synonyms: | aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | addition, aggregate, all, bad news, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag, product, quantum, score, set-back, sum, tab, tidy sum, whole |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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