Question

By the time I arrived home, the boys had already settled their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $ 40

By the time I arrived home, the boys had already settled their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $ 40 for gasoline, and a like amount for gifts -- boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who had volunteered station wagons and help in delivery and a dozen roses for their mother.
请问 a like amount for gifts 是什么意思？谢谢！

Answer 1

当我到家的时候，这些男孩们已经安排好了他们的费用：$150的劳务费，$40的汽油费以及相同金额的礼品费——几盒糖果是答谢为他们无偿提供旅行车，并帮助他们搬运行李的那些富有爱心的邻居的，还有几束玫瑰是送给他们母亲的。
a like amount for gifts 相同金额的礼品费