The English language has a number of words that denote specific or approximate quantities that are themselves not numbers. Along with numerals, and special-purpose words like some, any, much, more, every, few, several, and all, they are quantifiers. Quantifiers are a kind of determiner and occur in many constructions with other determiners, like articles: e.g., two dozen or more than a score. Scientific non-numerical quantities are represented as SI units.
List of non-numerical quantities +NameQuantity DescriptionBrace2An old term of venery, meaning means ‘a pair of [some animal, especially birds] caught in the hunt’. Also a measure of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.Couple2A set of two of items of a typeSingle1One thing that is alone or seprate from everything else.Century100Primarily denotes one hundred years, but occasionally used, especially in the context of sport, to refer to something consisting of one hundred, as in a 100-mile race or 100 points.Dozen12A collection of twelve things or units from Old French dozaine "a dozen, a number of twelve" in various usages, from doze (12c.) Baker's dozen13From the notion that a baker would include an extra item in a batch of twelve so as not to be accused of shortchanging a customerHalf-dozen6Six of somethingDecade10Primarily denotes ten years, but occasionally refers to ten of somethingDuo2In reference to people engaged in an endeavor together, as in musical performance (other words denote three or more people in the same context: trio, quartet, etc.)Grand1,000Slang for a thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds.Gross144Twelve dozen Score20Presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from one to twenty, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next twenty. A distance of twenty yards in ancient archery and gunnery. Threescore60Three score (3x20)Large1,000Slang for one thousandMyriad10,000Loosely refers to a very large quantity Pair2Often in reference to complementary units, such as male and female or left and rightTrio3Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performanceQuartet4Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performance; also: Quintet, Sextet, Septet, OctetGreat gross1,728A dozen gross (12x144)Hat-trick3The achievement of, a generally positive feat, three times in a game, or another achievement based on the number three Small gross120Ten dozen (10x12) Great hundred120Ten dozen (10x12) or six score (6x20), also known as long-hundred or twelfty Ton100One hundred points in the sport of Darts. None, nil, zilch0ZeroLakh100,000Indian numbering system: One hundred thousandCrore10,000,000Indian numbering system: ten millionArab1,000,000,000Indian numbering system: billionKharab100,000,000,000Indian numbering system: hundred billionNil1013Indian numbering system: ten trillionPadma1015Indian numbering system: quadrillionShankh1017Indian numbering system: hundred quadrillionMole~602 sextillion6.02214076×1023, widely used in chemistry for the amount of substance
See also Collective numbers wiktionary: collective numeral
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