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amount

UK/əˈmaʊnt/ US/ʌˈmaʊnt/ common
noun (4) verb (3)

noun

1.

how much of something is available

  • “an adequate amount of food for four people”
2.

a quantity of money

  • “he borrowed a large sum”
  • “the amount he had in cash was insufficient”
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3.

how much there is of something that you can quantify

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4.

a quantity obtained by addition

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verb

1.

be tantamount or equivalent to

  • “Her action amounted to a rebellion”
2.

add up in number or quantity

  • “The bills amounted to $2,000”
  • “The bill came to $2,000”
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3.

develop into

  • “This idea will never amount to anything”
  • “nothing came of his grandiose plans”
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Origin

From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).

Phrases

  • amount of substance

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