abundance

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abundance /əˈbʌnd(ə)ns/

▶noun

• 1 a very large quantity of something.

  ■ the state of being plentiful or prosperous.

• 2 the amount of something present in a particular area or sample.

• 3 (in solo whist) a bid by which a player undertakes to make nine or more tricks.

– origin ME: from L. abundantia, from abundant-, abundare (see abound).