Hvad mener To the tune of something?

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Rebecca
To the tune of [number] er et dagligdags udtryk, der bruges, når man taler om en stor sum penge. Med andre ord betyder amounting todet samme som involving. Så to the tune of 400 million dollarskan omformuleres med amounting to 400 million dollars! Eksempel: The man offered his ex-wife a divorce settlement to the tune of10 million dollars. dollars (manden tilbød 10 millioner dollars i underholdsbidrag til sin fraskilte ekskone) For eksempel $ 2 The businessman was caught through a tax fraud investigation. He was in debt to the Tax Bureau to the tune of .3 million dollars. (En forretningsmand undersøges for skattesvig; skatteafdelingen opkrævede ham 2,3 millioner dollars.)