Definitions for amount
əˈmaʊntamount

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

2. amountnoun

   the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion

   "an adequate amount of food for four people"

3. measure, quantity, amountnoun

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

4. sum, amount, totalverb

   a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

5. amountverb

   be tantamount or equivalent to

   "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

6. total, number, add up, come, amountverb

   add up in number or quantity

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

7. come, add up, amountverb

   develop into

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. amountnoun

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

2. amountnoun

   A quantity or volume.

3. amountverb

   To total or evaluate.

   It amounts to three dollars and change.

4. amountverb

   To be the same as or equivalent to.

5. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. To Amountverb

   Etymology: monter, Fr.

   1. To rise to in the accumulative quantity; to compose in the whole; with the particle to. It is used of several sums in quantities added together.

   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.

   2. It is used, figuratively, of the consequence rising from any thing taken altogether.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amountnoun

   to go up; to ascend

2. 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

3. 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

4. Amountverb

   to signify; to amount to

5. 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

6. Amountnoun

   the effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this

7. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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  

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1. Amount

   Amount vs. Number -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Amount and Number.

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1. • Assets
   • Become
   • Magnitude

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. mantou

2. outman

3. moutan

How to pronounce amount?

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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. Albert Einstein:

   No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

2. The Englewood , Colorado-based company:

   This decision follows a comprehensive review of the Sports Authority store portfolio in light of the increasing amount of shopping that is occurring online.

3. Professor Robin Room:

   They are taxed on the value of the product as it is sold, rather than on any particular amount of alcohol it has in it, so the people who are making the expensive stuff are taxed at a higher rate, and if they don’t make the cheap stuff as well, they feel that they’re being treated rather badly.

4. Jim Scussel:

   It basically raises the limit to an amount that we all agree on. We won't come back to the table and ask for more.

5. Cory Booker:

   The tax the way were putting it forward right now, the wealth tax, Im sorry its cumbersome, its been tried by other nations, its hard to evaluate. We can get the same amount of revenue through just taxation, but again, we as Democrats, have got to start talking not just about how you tax from a stage, but how wegrow wealth in this country amongst those disadvantaged communities that are not seeing it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=amount
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amount
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=amount
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amount
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=amount