in what amount vs to what amount

Both "in what amount" and "to what amount" are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. "In what amount" is used when asking about the quantity or value contained within something, while "to what amount" is used when asking about the total quantity or value that something reaches or can reach.

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in what amount

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when asking about the quantity or value contained within something.

This phrase is used when asking about the specific quantity or value that is present or included in something.

Examples:

Can you tell me in what amount the ingredients should be added?
In what amount should I invest in this project?
I need to know in what amount the discount will be applied.

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for what period and in what amount
for what period and in what amount
Have funds been disbursed under the 3rd CSF for this project and in what amount?
The input/output norms are a list of possible items that can be consumed in the production process and in what amounts.
Because your wife is a 40-year-old woman in what amounts to a coma.
In some Member States, women of child-bearing age are losing a commitment to child bearing as the personal financial costs associated with parenting for women is simply too high, resulting in what amounts to a tax on working mothers.
If so, from what funds are they disbursed and in what amounts?
Which EU Member States have transferred actual financial resources to the EU for disaster aid, and in what amounts?
The positive list established by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration on the basis of Order No 22 states which additives may be used for the individual foodstuffs, and in what amounts.
No evidence has been provided that the GOI has in place and applies a system or procedure to confirm whether inputs are consumed in the production of the exported product and in what amounts.
However, the consumption register did not allow to verify which inputs were consumed in the production of the exported product and in what amounts.
I'm crazy about you, but I don't have to spend every second with you in what amounts to a one-room log cabin.
It was also claimed that computer systems were in place to match import and export transactions and to confirm which inputs are consumed in the production of the exported products and in what amounts.
In reply to this, it should be noted that it is vital for the GOI to demonstrate that it has put in place a proper verification system to determine which inputs were consumed in the production process and in what amounts.
However, when accessing the countervailability of the EOU, the relevant issue is whether the GOI has a system in place which can confirm whether and in what amounts inputs free of duty or tax were consumed in the production of the exported goods.
In determining what amounts to a reasonable profit, the EFTA State may introduce incentive criteria relating, among other things, to the quality of service provided and gains in productive efficiency.
Could it also clarify whether the Ethiopian authorities are in fact receiving financial support and, if so, in what amounts, to what purposes and under what conditions?
If so, what amount in export refunds is concerned?
Since it was not yet clear in 1991 what amount would be accepted by BAKred as original own funds, a remuneration was fixed only in principle, but not in detail, at the time of the transfer.
What amount in euro does this correspond to in absolute terms?

Alternatives:

how much
what quantity
what volume
what value
what extent

to what amount

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when asking about the total quantity or value that something reaches or can reach.

This phrase is used when asking about the total quantity or value that something reaches or can reach.