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