English▸ noun
(plural quantities)
1 the amount or number of a material or immaterial thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement:
the quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled
note down the sizes, colors, and quantities that you require.
▪ a certain, usually specified, amount or number of something:
a small quantity of food
if taken in large quantities, the drug can result in liver failure.
▪ (often quantities) a considerable number or amount of something:
she was able to drink quantities of beer without degenerating into giggles
many people like to buy in quantity.
– ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French quantite, from Latin quantitas (translating Greek posotēs), from quantus ‘how great, how much’.