magnitude - the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"

critical mass - the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture; "the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"; "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"; "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass"

quantity - an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"

increment, increase - the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

decrement, decrease - the amount by which something decreases

inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

number, figure - the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"

gain - the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

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; "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"

deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)

defalcation - the sum of money that is misappropriated

red ink, loss, red - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"

assets - anything of material value or usefulness

figure - an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"

coverage, insurance coverage - the total amount and type of insurance carried

cash advance, advance - an amount paid before it is earned

paysheet, payroll - the total amount of money paid in wages; "the company had a large payroll"

peanuts - an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount; "her salary is peanuts compared to his"

purse - a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"

purse - a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"

abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

probability, chance - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; "what is the probability of rain?"; "we have a good chance of winning"

quantum - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)

economic value, value - the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices"

fundamental measure, fundamental quantity - one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement

definite quantity - a specific measure of amount

indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity

relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose

system of measurement, metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

cordage - the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords

octane number, octane rating - a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline

linear measure, long measure - a measure of length

magnetisation, magnetization - the extent or degree to which something is magnetized

volume - the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"

volume - a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"

proof - a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)

time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods

point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"

period of play, playing period, play - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning"

interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants

quantity - something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

multinomial, polynomial - a mathematical expression that is the sum of a number of terms

make - amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"

work out - be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

outnumber - be larger in number

average, average out - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

make - add up to; "four and four make eight"

become, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

aggregate - amount in the aggregate to