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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
a·mount       [uh-mount] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
2.the sum of the principal and interest of a loan.
3.quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance.
4.the full effect, value, or significance.
–verb (used without object)
5.to total; add (usually fol. by to): The repair bill amounts to $300.
6.to reach, extend, or be equal in number, quantity, effect, etc.; be equivalent (usually fol. by to): It is stated differently but amounts to the same thing.
7.to develop into; become (usually fol. by to): With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME amounten, amunten < AF amo(u)nter, amunter, OF amonter lit., to go up, ascend, prob. a- a-5 + monter (see mount1); E n. use of v. from early 18th cent.]

The traditional distinction between amount and number is that amount is used with mass or uncountable nouns (the amount of paperwork; the amount of energy) and number with countable nouns (a number of songs; a number of days). Although objected to, the use of amount instead of number with countable nouns occurs in both speech and writing, especially when the noun can be considered as a unit or group (the amount of people present; the amount of weapons) or when it refers to money (the amount of dollars paid; the amount of pennies in the till).
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
a·mount       (ə-mount')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
  2. A number; a sum.
  3. A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
  4. The full effect or meaning; import.
  5. Quantity: a great amount of intelligence.

intr.v.   a·mount·ed, a·mount·ing, a·mounts
  1. To add up in number or quantity: The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.
  2. To add up in import or effect: That plan will never amount to anything.
  3. To be equivalent or tantamount: accusations that amount to an indictment.


[From Middle English amounten, to ascend, from Old French amonter, from amont, upward, from Latin ad montem, to the hill : ad, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots + mōns, mont-, hill; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
amount  (v.)
c.1250, "to go up, rise," from O.Fr. amonter, from à mont "upward," lit. "to the mountain," from L. ad- "to" + montem acc. sing. of "mountain." Meaning "to rise in number or quality (so as to reach)" is from c.1300. The noun is 1710, from the verb.

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amount

noun
1. a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum
2. the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people" 
3. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify [syn: measure
4. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers [syn: sum

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" [syn: total
3. develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Amount

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Amount

A*mount"\, v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]

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Amount

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.

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