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amount
Noun
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A total of things; a measure of how much.
Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
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The full effect or value.
amount
Verb
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To add.
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To develop into; to become.
What will your life amount to? Will you become successful?
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
holding
Noun
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Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
He sold his holding in a troubled airline, Alitalia.
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A determination of law made by a court.
It was the holding of the Supreme Court that illegally obtained evidence could not be used at trial.
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A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.