Definitions for amount
əˈmaʊntamount

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money(noun)

   a quantity of money

   "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

2. amount(noun)

   the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion

   "an adequate amount of food for four people"

3. measure, quantity, amount(noun)

   how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

4. sum, amount, total(verb)

   a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

5. amount(verb)

   be tantamount or equivalent to

   "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

6. total, number, add up, come, amount(verb)

   add up in number or quantity

   "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

7. come, add up, amount(verb)

   develop into

   "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. amount(Noun)

   The total, aggregate or sum of material. Not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items.

   Etymology: From amounten, from amounter, from amunt, amont, prop. prep. phr. a mont, from ad montem, from ad + montem, accusative of mons.

2. amount(Noun)

   A quantity or volume.

   Etymology: From amounten, from amounter, from amunt, amont, prop. prep. phr. a mont, from ad montem, from ad + montem, accusative of mons.

3. amount(Verb)

   To total or evaluate.

   It amounts to three dollars and change.

   Etymology: From amounten, from amounter, from amunt, amont, prop. prep. phr. a mont, from ad montem, from ad + montem, accusative of mons.

4. amount(Verb)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Amount(noun)

   to go up; to ascend

   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.]

2. Amount(noun)

   to rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto

   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.]

3. Amount(noun)

   to rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little

   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.]

4. Amount(verb)

   to signify; to amount to

   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.]

5. Amount(noun)

   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

   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.]

6. Amount(noun)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'amount' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #688

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'amount' in Written Corpus Frequency: #615

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'amount' in Nouns Frequency: #223

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'amount' in Verbs Frequency: #603

Anagrams for amount »

1. outman

2. mantou

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amount in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amount in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of amount in a Sentence

1. Bernie Sanders:

   I owe my brother an enormous amount. It was my brother who actually introduced me to a lot of my ideas.

2. Nandikesh Sivalingam:

   Given the amount of resources that the government has, what will decide the efficacy of this plan is consistent engagement with farmers, but if you expect results next winter, it can't happen.

3. Molly Levinson:

   Equal pay means paying women players the same rate for winning a game as men get paid, the argument that women are paid enough if they make close to the same amount as men while winning more than twice as often is not equal pay.

4. Rory McIlroy:

   Luckily, that amount of money doesn't sort of mean much to me anymore, it will go in the bank and if I want to buy something nice, I will. I mean like it's nice to think that you could win $10 million this week, but that's not what excites me.

5. Thomas Casale:

   The most common things we would prescribe epinephrine for is food allergies, bees, wasps and other stinging insects, the advantage of these auto-injectors is that you don't have to think about it. You just pop the cap, stick it right in your thigh, the needle comes out at the right depth into the muscle, and it delivers the correct amount of epinephrine.

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