"Quantity" is a word in ENGLISH
A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a
certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large
portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in
large quantities.
To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix
or express the quantity of; to rate.
The extent or extension of a general conception, that is,
the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also,
its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent
qualities, attributes, or relations.
The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the
property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease,
multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which
answers the question \"How much?\"; measure in regard to bulk or amount;
determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent;
size.
The relative duration of a tone.
The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time
in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or
syllable.
That which can be increased, diminished, or measured;
especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are
applicable.
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A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or …
Read the complete definitionTo make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
Read the complete definitionTo augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; …
Read the complete definitionThe act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.
Read the complete definitionThe amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
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