[tan-tuh-mount] 
| equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war. |
| tan·ta·mount (tān'tə-mount') adj. Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand. [From obsolete tantamount, an equivalent, from Anglo-Norman tant amunter, to amount to as much : tant, so much, so great (from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus, from tam, so; see to- in Indo-European roots) + amunter, to amount to, variant of Old French amonter; see amount.] |
təˌmaʊnt