Quantity | Mean of quantity in English Dictionary

/ˈkwɑːntəti/

• Noun
• an amount or number of something
1. The wine is made in small/large quantities.
2. I ate a large quantity of food. [=I ate a lot of food]
3. Farmers grow large quantities of wheat and corn.
4. Add a half a cup of oil, and the same quantity of vinegar.
5. The boss is worried about quantity as well as quality.
6. Production saw an increase in quantity. [=there was an increase in the amount produced]
• a large amount or number of something
1. Police found quantities of drugs and guns in the house.
2. There is a quantity of information [=a lot of information] available on this topic.
3. Blood cells are produced in quantity. [=in large amounts]
4. The family buys food in quantity.
• someone or something whose abilities or characteristics are well known
1. When she was cast in the role of the princess, she was already a known quantity from her work in several films.

• someone or something whose abilities or characteristics are not yet known
1. If you've never been published before, you're an unknown quantity, so you're going to have difficulty selling your first novel.