amount
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a·mount 
[uh-mount] Pronunciation Key
[uh-mount] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
| 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.]
] —Usage note 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).
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| a·mount
(ə-mount') Pronunciation Key
n.
intr.v. a·mount·ed, a·mount·ing, a·mounts
[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.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
amount (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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] |
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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, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Amount
A*mount"\, v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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