quantum
B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
The amount of damages or compensation to be awarded, as distinct from liability.
Liability is admitted; we're now fighting purely on quantum.
Business noun
The total amount or size of something, especially a sum of money at stake in a deal.
The board debated the quantum of debt the target could safely support after the acquisition.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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