Sentence:  But anybody who promises a substantial volume of business can get a railroad to run a short spur to his plant these days , and <WSD>many</WSD> businesses can live without the railroad . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number