AMOUNT
measure, quantity, amount
(noun) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
amount
(noun) the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; “an adequate amount of food for four people”
sum, amount, total
(noun) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
(noun) a quantity of money; “he borrowed a large sum”; “the amount he had in cash was insufficient”
total, number, add up, come, amount
(verb) add up in number or quantity; “The bills amounted to $2,000”; “The bill came to $2,000”
amount
(verb) be tantamount or equivalent to; “Her action amounted to a rebellion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
amount (plural amounts)
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
A quantity or volume.
(nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
Hyponyms
• notional amount
• principal amount
Verb
amount (third-person singular simple present amounts, present participle amounting, simple past and past participle amounted)
(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
(intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
(obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.
Anagrams
• mantou, moutan, outman, tomaun
Source: Wiktionary
A*mount", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Amounting.] Etym: [OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See Mount, n.]
1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.] So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser.
2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
A*mount", v. t.
Definition: To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]
A*mount", n.
1. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. The whole amount of that enormous fame. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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