In a list of ingredients you'd have something like the following : > 5 grams of flour > > 2 cups of lemon juice > > 10 slices of meat What word would you use to describe 'grams', 'cups' and 'slices' in the previous examples? My thoughts: *Unit* This works well for grams and fluid oz but doesn't seem right when describing something like cups, slices or bunches although that might just be me. *Measure (n)* Measure to me sounded unique enough but can get confused with the verb form as well as a measure used in cocktail making. *Measurement* This seemed more appropriate for something that you'd measured, the thing that you measured is a measurement.