Amassment

//əˈmæsmənt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of amassing. countable, uncountable

    "All her energy was devoted to the amassment of a vast fortune."

  2. 2
    That which is amassed; a large quantity (of something). countable

    "Through the Internet, we have access to an unprecedented amassment of information."

Etymology

Probably from French amassement (“the act of amassing; the result of this action, objects that have been amassed or piled up”); equivalent to amass + -ment.

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