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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amount is less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing quantities or values, indicating that one quantity is smaller than another.
Example: "The total amount is less than we initially estimated, which may affect our budget."
Alternatives: "quantity is smaller" or "total is reduced".
Exact(44)
(The actual amount is less than 600 million).
The amount is less than the $6 billion Obama requested.
But even that amount is less than needed for one transfusion.
But that amount is less than 1percentt of the $10 billion it has underwritten.
The city says that amount is less than it is owed.
(Private mortgage insurance can be canceled once the loan amount is less than 80 percent of the home's value).
Similar(16)
Officials with the targeted company, Prosegur, which transports valuables, said the amount was less.
But some Congressional officials said the amount was less important than the precedent it set.
The police estimated North Shore's loss at $6 million, but the hospital system said the actual amount was less.
An official at the Credit Bank of Iraq, which did business with him, said the amount was less than $1 million.
The amount was less than state law requires, but the city did more than it had to.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com