amount
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
the sum of the principal and interest of a loan.
quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance.
the full effect, value, or significance.
to total; add (usually followed by to): The repair bill amounts to $300.
to reach, extend, or be equal in number, quantity, effect, etc.; be equivalent (usually followed by to): It is stated differently but amounts to the same thing.
to develop into; become (usually followed by to): With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up.
Origin of amount
1confusables note For amount
Words that may be confused with amount
- amount , number (see confusables note at the current entry)
Words Nearby amount
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How to use amount in a sentence
So I started to think about anything in my life that would be worth people giving it any amount of time.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe number of diplomats was pitiful (45 appointees in 1860), as was the amount of money allocated to them.
The amount of vanished bitcoins was 650,000 BTC (or 24.7 billion yen).
Japanese Bitcoin Heist ‘an Inside Job,’ Not Hackers Alone | Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are afflicted with “progressive spiritual emptiness,” he said, which no amount of academic honors and degrees can fill.
Pope Francis Denounces the Vatican Elite’s 'Spiritual Alzheimer’s' | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe may never know the full amount that the Kochs or other outside spenders donate to advance anti-union legislation.
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Other factors being equal, the amount of urea indicates the activity of metabolism.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddAfter about the forty-fifth year it becomes gradually less; after seventy-five years it is about one-half the amount given.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe amount of the other purin bodies together is about one-tenth that of uric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddFor instance, the Limestone Polypody is not happy unless there is a certain amount of lime present in the soil.
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British Dictionary definitions for amount
/ (əˈmaʊnt) /
extent; quantity; supply
the total of two or more quantities; sum
the full value, effect, or significance of something
a principal sum plus the interest on it, as in a loan
(intr usually foll by to) to be equal or add up in effect, meaning, or quantity
Origin of amount
1usage For amount
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