The phrase "an overall amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a total quantity or sum that encompasses various components or aspects.
Example: "The overall amount of funds raised for the charity event exceeded our expectations."
Alternatives: "total sum" or "aggregate amount".
Some aides said an agreement on an overall amount of spending might be possible this week.
But the chart provides only an overall amount of repayments for each local jurisdiction.
Congressional Democrats have been asking for this information for months, and the administration still has not disclosed an overall amount.
Many insurers offer a backstop: for people who have policies that list high-value items separately — as opposed to a blanket policy for an overall amount of jewelry — there is usually a grace period on new purchases.
The governor and legislative leaders have not yet agreed on an overall amount for additional school aid, but they have been talking about a figure in the range of $800 million to $900 million, several people with knowledge of the talks said.
The idea is that each year the government will mandate an overall amount of permissible emissions.
The best devices incorporated CISeS QDs treated at 50 °C, which corresponded to the mildest exposure to Cd2+ ions with a resulting overall amount of cadmium in the sensitized film of <0.5 atomic %.
We found a smaller overall amount of virus in the samples, but still found particles within the hemocytes.
Our study reports a smaller overall amount of QALYs because the age related decline in quality of life is also considered.
Only a limited number of antibodies are available for Drosophila mitochondrial proteins; therefore, we compared the total amount of mitochondrial protein via Bradford assay and found that clu mutants contain a reduced overall amount of mitochondrial protein compared with wild-type controls (Fig. 7C).
We did not detect a difference in overall amount of mobile vs stable mitochondria.
