Definition of "abundance"

abundance

/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural abundances
1. A large quantity; many.
2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
  Quotations
  It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
  c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
3. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
5. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
6. (Scotland) enough, sufficiency.