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Definitions for: Amount
[n] how much there is of something that you can measure
[n] how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
[n] a quantity obtained by addition
[n] a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
[v] develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
[v] add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
[v] be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
Webster (1913) Definition: A*mount", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Amounting.] [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.
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.
Synonyms: add up, amount of money, come, measure, number, quantity, quantum, sum, sum, sum of money, total, total
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