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1 ♦ amount
♦ amount /əˈmaʊnt/n.1 quantità; dose: a considerable amount of patience, una notevole quantità (o dose) di pazienza; a fair amount of traffic, un certo traffico; an enormous amount, una quantità enorme; vast amounts of st., ingenti quantità di qc.; in small amounts, in piccole quantità (o dosi); DIALOGO → - In a meeting- Obviously, the amount of work involved would affect the cost of the project, naturalmente, la quantità di lavoro richiesto incide sul costo del progetto2 somma; ammontare; importo: the amount invoiced, la somma fatturata; the full amount, l'intera somma; l'intero ammontare● (rag.) amount brought (o carried) forward (o down), somma riportata; riporto (a nuovo) □ (rag.) amount written off, cifra di deprezzamento □ any amount of, una gran quantità di; moltissimo; un sacco di (fam.) □ No amount of washing will get this stain off, la macchia non verrà mai via per quanto lo si lavi.(to) amount /əˈmaʊnt/v. i.1 ammontare: His losses amount to over £5m, le sue perdite ammontano a oltre 5 milioni di sterline2 equivalere (a): His action amounts to treason, la sua azione equivale a un tradimento; It amounts to saying he is a liar, è come dire che è un mentitore; It amounts to the same thing, è la stessa cosa; è lo stesso; It doesn't amount to much, non è granché. -
2 loss
[lɒs] [AE lɔːs]1) perdita f. (anche comm. pol.)loss of income o earnings mancati utili; loss of sound, vision telev. interruzione audio, video; a sense of loss un senso di vuoto; to suffer losses comm. mil. subire delle perdite; to make a loss comm. registrare una perdita; at a loss — comm. in perdita
2)to be at a loss — (puzzled) essere perplesso; (helpless) essere perso
••to cut one's losses — = ritirarsi da un cattivo affare prima che sia troppo tardi, limitare i danni
* * *[los]1) (the act or fact of losing: suffering from loss of memory; the loss (= death) of our friend.) perdita2) (something which is lost: It was only after he was dead that we realized what a loss he was.) perdita3) (the amount (especially of money) which is lost: a loss of 500 pounds.) perdita* * *[lɒs] [AE lɔːs]1) perdita f. (anche comm. pol.)loss of income o earnings mancati utili; loss of sound, vision telev. interruzione audio, video; a sense of loss un senso di vuoto; to suffer losses comm. mil. subire delle perdite; to make a loss comm. registrare una perdita; at a loss — comm. in perdita
2)to be at a loss — (puzzled) essere perplesso; (helpless) essere perso
••to cut one's losses — = ritirarsi da un cattivo affare prima che sia troppo tardi, limitare i danni
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3 total ***** to·tal
['təʊtl]1. adj(complete, utter) totale, completo (-a), (sum) globalethe total losses amount to... — il totale delle perdite ammonta a...
a total failure — un vero fiasco, un assoluto disastro
he was in total ignorance of the fact that... — non sapeva assolutamente che...
2. ntotale m3. vt(also: total up) (add) sommare, (amount to) ammontare a -
4 toll
I [təʊl]1) (number)the toll of — il numero di [victims, incidents]
death toll — numero dei morti, vittime ( from di, per)
2) (levy) (on road, bridge) pedaggio m., dazio m.••to take a heavy toll — (on lives) fare molte vittime; (on industry, environment) esigere un pesante tributo
II [təʊl] III 1. [təʊl]to take its o their toll — [earthquake, disease] fare strage
verbo transitivo suonare a morto [ bell]2.verbo intransitivo [ bell] suonare a morto* * *I [təul] verb(to ring (a bell) slowly: The church bell tolled solemnly.)II [təul] noun1) (a tax charged for crossing a bridge, driving on certain roads etc: All cars pay a toll of $1; ( also adjective) a toll bridge.)2) (an amount of loss or damage suffered, eg as a result of disaster: Every year there is a heavy toll of human lives on the roads.)•* * *I [təʊl]1. n1) (on road) pedaggio2)(losses, casualties)
the death toll on the roads — il numero di vittime sulle stradethe severe winter has taken its toll on the crops — l'inverno rigido ha colpito duramente il raccolto
2. adj(road, bridge) a pedaggioII [təʊl]1. vt, vi(bell) suonare lentamente e solennemente2. n(of bell) rintocco* * *toll (1) /təʊl/n.1 pedaggio2 (fisc.) balzello; gabella; dazio; imposta4 (stor.) molenda; tributo molitorio5 (fig.) costo, perdita ( di vite umane, ecc.); tributo (fig.): the human toll, la perdita di vite umane; the weekend death toll on the roads, gl'incidenti mortali del traffico di fine settimana● toll bar, barriera di pedaggio □ toll bridge, ponte (soggetto) a pedaggio □ (spec. USA) toll call, telefonata interurbana □ toll collector, esattore ( di dazi, imposte, ecc.) □ toll-free, (autom., trasp.: di un ponte, un'autostrada, un tunnel) esente da pedaggio; (fisc.) esente da dazio; (comput.) gratuito; ( USA: di telefonata) gratuita; ( anche) a carico del destinatario □ (telef.) toll-free number, numero verde □ (stor.) toll gatherer, gabelliere □ toll-line, linea interurbana □ toll road, strada a pedaggio □ (leg.) toll through, pedaggio municipale ( per attraversare un ponte, ecc.) □ (leg.) toll traverse, pedaggio per attraversare un terreno (un ponte, ecc.) di proprietà privata □ (autom.) toll tunnel, tunnel a pedaggio □ to take toll of, esigere un tributo da; (fig.) costare, portar via: The accident took a heavy toll of lives, l'incidente è costato la vita a molte persone.toll (2) /təʊl/n.(solo al sing.) rintocco (spec. di campana che suona a morto).(to) toll (1) /təʊl/A v. i.esigere un tributo; far pagare un pedaggioB v. t.(to) toll (2) /təʊl/v. t. e i.suonare a rintocchi; suonare a morto; rintoccare; battere: to toll the hour, battere l'ora; to toll sb. 's death, suonare a morto per q.● (fig.) to toll a warning bell, suonare il campanello d'allarme.* * *I [təʊl]1) (number)the toll of — il numero di [victims, incidents]
death toll — numero dei morti, vittime ( from di, per)
2) (levy) (on road, bridge) pedaggio m., dazio m.••to take a heavy toll — (on lives) fare molte vittime; (on industry, environment) esigere un pesante tributo
II [təʊl] III 1. [təʊl]to take its o their toll — [earthquake, disease] fare strage
verbo transitivo suonare a morto [ bell]2.verbo intransitivo [ bell] suonare a morto
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