amount of money

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amount of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

amount, sum, sum of money

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

receipts, revenue, gross - 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; "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, red, loss - 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 that is owned by a person or company

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"

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Is it a jest that you should spend so much money, such a terrible amount of money, upon me?

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His fellow-painters made no secret of their contempt for his work, but he earned a fair amount of money, and they did not hesitate to make free use of his purse.

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Rokoff a large amount of money to finance this expedition, and, as you are the sole cause of it, he naturally looks to you for reimbursement.

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It seemed to her a very large amount of money, and the way in which it stuffed and bulged her worn old porte-monnaie gave her a feeling of importance such as she had not enjoyed for years.

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"It was not for threepence, nor for any amount of money, that America quarrelled with England," replied Grandfather; "it was for a great principle.

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Fogg at Hong Kong that he could not escape by paying any amount of money.

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For this he receives a certain amount of money and a cask of wine every year.

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"It's terrible, the amount of money I have to spend on doctor's bills." He tinkled his bell again.

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It was more than a month's hard- earned wages, and it reduced his stock of money amazingly; but when he added the hundred dollars he was to receive from the EXAMINER to the four hundred and twenty dollars that was the least THE YOUTH'S COMPANION could pay him, he felt that he had reduced the perplexity the unwonted amount of money had caused him.

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When you consider how much that amount of money would buy, in that age and country, and how usual it was to be scrofulous, when not dead, you would understand that the annual king's-evil appropriation was just the River and Harbor bill of that government for the grip it took on the treasury and the chance it afforded for skinning the surplus.

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Claire listened with a radiant display of interest, but she had her doubts as to whether any amount of money would make it worth while to undergo this sort of thing for life.

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"It really seems a little too bad to have to ride a broken-winded hunter, and see men, who, are not half such good judges as yourself, able to throw away any amount of money on buying bad bargains."