1.   In Britain, the opposition party is guaranteed control of a specified amount of time during legislative sessions.

2.   An exclusion clause gives the party relying on it total exemption for the breach whereas a limitation clause limits liability to a specified amount.

3.   Allotments are federal licenses to grow specified amounts of tobacco.

4.   Alternatively, sellers of equity options are obligated to buy or sell a specified amount of shares at a set price.

5.   Annuities are investments that in exchange for a lump sum promise to pay specified amounts over the life of the holder.

6.   A bilateral repo agreement is an accord to buy securities for an agreed amount of cash and sell them back at a specific date for a specified amount.

7.   A financial institution for a premium will guarantee that a utility will pay only a specified amount for gas.

8.   A quota, or allotment, is a federal license to grow a specified amount of tobacco.

9.   But under their new agreement, they are obligated only to ship a specified amount of oil along the pipeline when it is built.

10.   But you still want to let the shingles overhang by the specified amount, and to double that course.