a vast amount of money

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• vast´ness — vast «vast, vahst», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of great area; of immense extent; extensive: »Texas and Alaska cover vast territories. SYNONYM(S): immense, tremendous, colossal. 2. of large dimensions; of very great size; huge; massive: »vast forms …   Useful english dictionary

• Vast — Vast, a. [Compar. {Vaster}; superl. {Vastest}.] [L. vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See {Waste}, and cf. {Devastate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The empty, vast, and wandering… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• money — moneyless, adj. /mun ee/, n., pl. moneys, monies, adj. n. 1. any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits. 2. See paper money. 3. gold, silver, or other metal in pieces of convenient form stamped by public …   Universalium

• Money supply — Finance Financial markets Bond market …   Wikipedia

• amount — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, copious amounts, enormous, huge, immense, incredible, large, massive, significant, substantial …   Collocations dictionary

• amount — I UK [əˈmaʊnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms amount : singular amount plural amounts *** Collocations: Amount and number are both used for talking about quantities, but each word is used in different ways. Number is used with plural nouns: a… …   English dictionary

• amount — a|mount1 [ ə maunt ] noun count *** a quantity of money: This amount should be paid within two weeks. a. a quantity of something: You only need a small amount. amount of: A computer can store a vast amount of information. A certain amount of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• vast — vastly, adv. vastness, n. /vast, vahst/, adj., vaster, vastest, n. adj. 1. of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space. 2. of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the… …   Universalium

• Money On The Sidelines — The cash that is held either in savings or in low risk, low yield investment vehicles, such as certificates of deposits (CDs), instead of being placed in investments that have the potential for greater rewards, such as the stock market. Money on… …   Investment dictionary

• money market — the short term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates. [1925 30] * * * Set of institutions, conventions, and practices whose aim is to facilitate the lending and borrowing of money on a short term basis. The money… …   Universalium

• amount*/*/*/ — [əˈmaʊnt] noun [C] I a quantity of something This amount (= quantity of money) should be paid within two weeks.[/ex] A computer can store vast amounts of information.[/ex] • no amount of sth used for saying that something will never be enough to… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English