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amount definition

amount (ə mo̵unt′)

intransitive verb

  1. to add up; equal in total the bill amounts to $4.50
  2. to be equal in meaning, value, or effect her failure to reply amounts to a refusal

Etymology: ME amounten, to ascend < OFr amonter < amont, upward < a- (L ad), to + mont < L montem, acc. sing. of mons, mountain

noun

  1. the sum of two or more quantities; total
  2. the whole meaning, value, or effect
  3. a quantity a fair amount of resistance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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