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quantity(dictionary)
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quantity surveyor(dictionary)
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QUANTITY, pleading(law)
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quantity (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: quantite, from Latin quantitas, from quantus 'how much']
[U and C] an amount of something that can be counted or measured
quantity of
::The police also found a quantity of ammunition in the flat.
::Add 50 grams of butter, and the same quantity of sugar.
a large/small/vast etc quantity of sth
::He had consumed a large quantity of alcohol.
::Huge quantities of oil were spilling into the sea.
in large/small/sufficient etc quantities
::Buy vegetables in small quantities, for your immediate use.
::Your work has improved in quantity and quality this term.
[U] the large amount of something
::The sheer quantity of text meant that people did not read the whole of their newspaper.
in quantity
in large amounts
::It's a lot cheaper if you buy it in quantity .
-see also be an unknown quantity at unknown 1 (4)
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HINT sense 1
Do not say 'a big quantity'. Say a large quantity.