Amount distributed in handouts (8)
I believe the answer is:
thousand
'amount' is the definition.
(thousand is a kind of amount)
'distributed in handouts' is the wordplay.
'handouts' anagrams to 'THOUSAND'.
However, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thousand that I've seen before include "Figure" , "M or K" , "Cardinal" , "Ten hundreds" , "Large number" .)