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answered Jan 20, 2011 at 20:37. SLaks. 1,809 1 14 15. 2. You were taught correctly. "Amount" is the total of anything, "number" is a symbol or word indicating how many, and "quantity" is the amount or number of things; ability to be measured. – think_meaning_builds. Jan 22, 2015 at 0:58. Add a comment.
Add a comment. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.] To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
If it is exactly equivalent to the amount of money owed, then cash tendered is equal to (the amount of) cash paid. Scenario 2. If the amount of cash tendered is greater than the amount owed, a credit balance is owed to the customer. The credit might be change, or it might be entered onto the books of the business as an A/P item due to that ...
That slough and slew could both be pronounced in the same way is a possible reason for the confusion of the two in writing. The noun slough primarily means swamp or bog, and it often has a dreary or negative connotation, e.g. Slough of Despond (John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progess), slough of moral filth, etc. It can also be spelled slew!
Therefore, allocate is more likely to be used in cases like computer memory, where a program asks for a given amount of memory from the free store, and that amount of memory is returned. But allot is more likely to be used in cases such as a "allot each person 50 pounds of grain per month".
The "2-by-4" and other examples cited so far fit this. It especially makes sense for contexts, such as standards, where a name or symbol is invented or formally ascribed to a definition that the standards body formulates. Such a definition sets forth what something is in name, or nominally. For a given occurrence to fit that name the definition ...
sufficient means as much as is needed for a particular purpose, so "sufficient water" and "a sufficient amount of water" do actually mean the same. But adequate has two definitions: enough in quantity or of a good enough quality for a particular purpose. So, in theory, "adequate water" could equally mean "water of a good enough quality" (say ...
This answer is incorrect. "Subtotal" is similar to "subcategory", where it means a "smaller part of a larger group"; in the former, the subtotal is a smaller group within the larger total, and the latter, subcategory is a smaller group within a larger category. – IQAndreas. Oct 31, 2014 at 7:28.
Because "circa" is used to mean approximately in dates and measures, people would naturally use it to mean approximately even outside of dates and measures, partly due to ignorance of the fact that "circa" is used only for dates and measures, and partly out of inconsideration of the rules of usage. or is it always appropriate to use "circa ...
9. Owed and due are closely related. Owed, without more explanation, means the total amount of debt obligated to be paid by A to B. Due means the amount of debt that is expected to be paid by a given date (a due date) from A to B. At times they are the same, at times due is a subset of owed. This assumes that the person owing is also the person ...