amount
n. C / Un. how much of something there is. You use it for things you cannot count individually, like water, money, or time.
n. a quantity of something, especially the total of a mass or aggregate. Refers to uncountable substances or abstract concepts rather than individual items.
I spent a large amount of money on my new car.
The recipe requires a small amount of salt to balance the sweetness of the chocolate.
Despite the significant amount of evidence presented by the prosecution, the jury struggled to reach a unanimous verdict after three days of deliberation.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *món-tis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amount From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
Typically used with uncountable nouns; 'number' is preferred for countable items.
a large amount of peoplea large number of people'Amount' is used for uncountable masses; use 'number' for countable things like people.