What does AMOUNT mean?
Definitions for AMOUNT
əˈmaʊntamount
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Princeton's WordNet
sum, sum of money, amount, amount of moneynoun
a quantity of money
"he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
amountnoun
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
"an adequate amount of food for four people"
measure, quantity, amountnoun
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
sum, amount, totalverb
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
amountverb
be tantamount or equivalent to
"Her action amounted to a rebellion"
total, number, add up, come, amountverb
add up in number or quantity
"The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
come, add up, amountverb
develop into
"This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
Wiktionary
amountnoun
The total, aggregate or sum of material. Not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items.
amountnoun
A quantity or volume.
amountverb
To total or evaluate.
It amounts to three dollars and change.
amountverb
To be the same as or equivalent to.
Etymology: From amounten, from amounter, from amunt, amont, prop. prep. phr. a mont, from ad montem, from ad + montem, accusative of mons.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Amountnoun
The sum total; the result of several sums or quantities accumulated.
Etymology: from To amount.
And now, ye lying vanities of life,
Where are you now, and what is your amount?
Vexation, disappointment, and remorse. James Thomson, Winter.To Amountverb
Etymology: monter, Fr.
Let us compute a little more particularly how much this will amount to, or how many oceans of water would be necessary to compose this great ocean rowling in the air, without bounds or banks. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
The errours of young men are the ruin of business; but the errours of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Francis Bacon, Essays Civil and Moral.
Judgments that are made on the wrong side of the danger, amount to no more than an affectation of skill, without either credit or effect. Roger L'Estrange.
Wikipedia
amount
Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more", "less", or "equal", or by assigning a numerical value multiple of a unit of measurement. Mass, time, distance, heat, and angle are among the familiar examples of quantitative properties. Quantity is among the basic classes of things along with quality, substance, change, and relation. Some quantities are such by their inner nature (as number), while others function as states (properties, dimensions, attributes) of things such as heavy and light, long and short, broad and narrow, small and great, or much and little. Under the name of multitude comes what is discontinuous and discrete and divisible ultimately into indivisibles, such as: army, fleet, flock, government, company, party, people, mess (military), chorus, crowd, and number; all which are cases of collective nouns. Under the name of magnitude comes what is continuous and unified and divisible only into smaller divisibles, such as: matter, mass, energy, liquid, material—all cases of non-collective nouns. Along with analyzing its nature and classification, the issues of quantity involve such closely related topics as dimensionality, equality, proportion, the measurements of quantities, the units of measurements, number and numbering systems, the types of numbers and their relations to each other as numerical ratios.
ChatGPT
amount
Amount refers to the quantity, level or volume of something, often in measurable or countable terms. It is the total or sum of items, substances, elements or entities in consideration. It can also refer to the degree or extent of a particular quality or attribute.
Webster Dictionary
Amountnoun
to go up; to ascend
Amountnoun
to rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto
Amountnoun
to rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little
Amountverb
to signify; to amount to
Amountnoun
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
Amountnoun
the effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this
Etymology: [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.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Amount
a-mownt′, v.i. to mount or rise to: to result in: to come in meaning or substance to (with to).—n. the whole sum: the effect or result. [O. Fr. amonter, to ascend—L. ad, to, mont, mons, a mountain.]
Editors Contribution
amount
A quantity of.
The amount of people attending the wedding was accurately communicated to the hotel a few days before.
Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2020
Suggested Resources
Amount
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'AMOUNT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #688
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'AMOUNT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #615
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'AMOUNT' in Nouns Frequency: #223
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'AMOUNT' in Verbs Frequency: #603
Anagrams for AMOUNT »
mantou
outman
moutan
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of AMOUNT in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of AMOUNT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of AMOUNT in a Sentence
I’ve played sports my entire life, but the physical dedication that it takes to play soccer, for instance, does n’t require nearly the mental strength, the amount of focus and hand-eye coordination that gaming does, i don’t play soccer eight or nine hours a day. That’s how long these guys dedicate themselves to the game.
For the low-level criminal, the benefit far outweighs the risk, since the threshold for a misdemeanor offense is $ 950 -- meaning that a person can steal up to that amount and only be charged with a misdemeanor.
You can call it luck, you can call it blessed, you can call it all of those things, due to the amount of water, the speed, you can imagine crashing along the walls in there with any type of debris and still being able to maintain his breath. It’s an amazing story.
The question that I think we have to grapple with is that breaking up these companies wouldn't make any of those problems better, the amount that we're investing in safety and security is greater than the whole revenue of our company was earlier this decade when we went public, so it just would not have been possible to do the things we're doing at a smaller scale.
I was not aware of the amount, nor was I aware of the bypassing or the [ Presidential Personnel Office ] process not being respected.
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- مبلغArabic
- количество, сума, възлизам на, съставлявам, сборBulgarian
- množstvíCzech
- mål, beløb, det samme, beløbe, ensbetydende, løbe op, antal, sum, mængdeDanish
- Betrag, Anzahl, beträgt, MengeGerman
- ποσότητα, σύνολο, ισοδυναμώ, ανέρχομαι, ποσόGreek
- monto, cantidadSpanish
- مقدارPersian
- lukumäärä, määräFinnish
- quantité, monter, correspondre, montantFrench
- suimIrish
- suimScottish Gaelic
- סכוםHebrew
- रकमHindi
- összeg, mennyiségHungarian
- jumlahIndonesian
- ammontare, quantitàItalian
- 量, 総量Japanese
- ჯამი, რაოდენობა, ოდენობაGeorgian
- сумма, көлөм, жыйынтык, аздык-көптүк, санKyrgyz
- suma, kiekisLithuanian
- daudzums, summaLatvian
- bedragen, bedrag, komen op, saldo, uitkomen op, hoeveelheidDutch
- beløpNorwegian
- kwota, ilość, liczba, suma, dawać, wynieść, być równoznacznym zPolish
- quantidade, quantiaPortuguese
- valoare, sumă, evalua, cantitate, măsurăRomanian
- количество, суммаRussian
- mängdSwedish
- จำนวนรวม, รวมThai
- сумаUkrainian
- رقمUrdu
- 数量Chinese
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