n.
Function: noun
Date: 1595
1 a : the total number or quantity : AGGREGATE b : the quantity at hand or under consideration <has an enormous amount of energy>
2 : the whole effect, significance, or import
3 : a principal sum and the interest on it
usage Number is regularly used with count nouns <a large number of mistakes> <any number of times> while amount is mainly used with mass nouns <annual amount of rainfall> <a substantial amount of money>. The use of amount with count nouns has been frequently criticized; it usually occurs when the number of things is thought of as a mass or collection <glad to furnish any amount of black pebbles ― New Yorker > <a substantial amount of film offers ― Lily Tomlin> or when money is involved <a substantial amount of loans ― E. R. Black>.