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DictionaryfigureNumber or amount
noun / verb

figure

A numerical expression of an amount.

The final figure includes the cost of shipping and taxes.

Etymology
figureLatinshape; form

The word for a shape or form was applied to written numerical symbols. It then extended from those symbols to the amounts they represent.

More examples

  • Please check the sales figures before sending the report.
  • We figure the total by adding all the charges.
  • She figured the cost at fifty dollars per person.

Forms

figure · figures · figured · figuring

Similar words

number
Number can name a label or position, not just an amount.
amount
Amount names the quantity itself, rather than its numerical expression.
calculate
Calculate is more explicit and formal for working out numbers.