Amount

Definition

amount /ǝ'maƱnt/ n ~ (of sth) (used esp with uncountable nouns) ၁။ ေငြပမာဏ။ a bill for the full amount ❍ Can you really afford this amount? ၂။ ပမာဏ။ အတိုင္းအတာ။ a fair/large amount of work/ money/furniture ❍ Food was provided in varying amounts. ❍ You have to expect a certain amount of confusion. ❍ No amount of encouragement would make him jump (ie Despite much encouragement he refused to jump). ❏ amount to sth [ PHRV ] ၁။ က်သင့္သည္။ စာရင္း ေပါက္သည္။ (ေရေရရာရာ၊ ျဖစ္ျဖစ္ေျမာက္ေျမာက္) ရိွသည္။ The cost amounted to K 250. ❍ Our information doesn't amount to much (ie We have very little information). ၂။ ညီမွ်သည္။ သေဘာသက္ေရာက္သည္။ It all amounts to a lot of hard work. ❍ What you say amounts to a direct accusation. ❏ any amount of sth [ IDM ] မနည္းလွေသာ အတိုင္းအတာ။ There's been any amount of research on the subject.

Examples

1. You only need a small amount.
2. [amount of] : A computer can store a vast amount of information.
3. A certain amount of stress can be a good thing.
4. This amount should be paid within two weeks.
5. The call centre handles a huge amount of complaints every day.