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Amount distributed in handouts (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thousand

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'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.

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(Other definitions for thousand that I've seen before include "Figure" , "M or K" , "Cardinal" , "Ten hundreds" , "Large number" .)

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