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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a quantity of money;
- Example: "he borrowed a large sum"
- Example: "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
[syn: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money]

2. the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion;
- Example: "an adequate amount of food for four people"

3. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify;
[syn: measure, quantity, amount]

4. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers;
[syn: sum, amount, total]


VERB (3)

1. be tantamount or equivalent to;
- Example: "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

2. add up in number or quantity;
- Example: "The bills amounted to $2,000"
- Example: "The bill came to $2,000"
[syn: total, number, add up, come, amount]

3. develop into;
- Example: "This idea will never amount to anything"
- Example: "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
[syn: come, add up, amount]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amount \A*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Amounting.] [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.]
   1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]
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            So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or
      quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; --
      with to or unto.
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   3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or
      influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as,
      the testimony amounts to very little.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amount \A*mount"\, v. t.
   To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amount \A*mount"\, n.
   1. 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.
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   2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the
      sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
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            The whole amount of that enormous fame. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amount
    n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
         he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of
         money, amount, amount of money]
    2: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a
       criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
    3: how much there is or how many there are of something that you
       can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount]
    4: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
       [syn: sum, amount, total]
    v 1: be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a
         rebellion"
    2: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000";
       "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up,
       come, amount]
    3: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything";
       "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come, add up,
       amount]