amount

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: sum sum of money amount of money measure quantity total number add up come

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

a quantity of money“he borrowed a large sum”“the amount he had in cash was insufficient”Synonyms: sum sum of money amount of money
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion“an adequate amount of food for four people”
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantifySynonyms: measure quantity
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbersSynonyms: sum total

Verb (3)

be tantamount or equivalent to“Her action amounted to a rebellion”
add up in number or quantity“The bills amounted to $2,000”“The bill came to $2,000”Synonyms: total number add up come
develop into“This idea will never amount to anything”“nothing came of his grandiose plans”Synonyms: come add up

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Amount \A*mount"\, v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. [1913 Webster]

The whole amount of that enormous fame.— Pope.[1913 Webster]