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From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”) < Old French amounter (“to amount to”) < amunt, amont (“uphill, upward”), prop. prep. phr. a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”) < Latin ad montem < ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
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Noun
amount (plural amounts)
- The total, aggregate or sum of material. Not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items.
- A quantity or volume.
- Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
- The dogs need different amounts of food.
Derived terms
- principal amount
- notional amount
Related terms
Verb
to amount (third-person singular simple present amounts, present participle amounting, simple past and past participle amounted) (intransitive)
- To total or evaluate.
- It amounts to three dollars and change.
- To succeed or have value.
- He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
Translations
to total or evaluate
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External links
- amount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- amount in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- amount at OneLook Dictionary Search
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