What does amount mean?
Definitions for amount
əˈmaʊntamount
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word amount.
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.
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
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
Tomorrow our plan is to be in Utah campaigning irrespective of tonight. It would be a lot better to go to Utah being the winner of the Florida primary. It will give us a tremendous amount of momentum, it will give us 99 delegates, and that's the way we want to do it tonight.
[ The new version ] would most likely impact Google and Facebook and other companies that have a large amount of advertising sales online.
It's a ridiculous amount of money. No matter how much money you have, this amount will take both of us out of our comfort zone.
We were just overwhelmed with the amount of interest and so we just didn't think we needed to actually formalize something that we were already getting through the normal process.
Lammy Review recommendationsIn an interview:
Our youth justice system has not been reformed since the early days of Tony Blair in which we made a commitment to reduce the number of young people in the youth justice system and in prison. And we managed to do that, but what we did not reduce are the amount of Black and Minority Ethnic young people in the system. That has grown and grown and grown.
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Translations for amount
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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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