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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
| Main Entry: | king's ransom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large treasure |
| Synonyms: | El Dorado, Golconda, end of the rainbow, good sum, land of milk and honey, large sum, pot of gold, pretty penny, riches of Solomon, tidy sum, weight in gold |
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