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Amount is the combination of two or more numbers.

(noun)

The cost of groceries that you are buying plus the tax is an example of the amount you have to pay.

The definition of amount means how much you have, or the entire mass of something.

(noun)

A person who has one million dollars is an example of someone who has a large amount of money.

Amount is defined as to add up to a total.

(verb)

The bill for four people at a restaurant that is 50 dollars is an example of the costs of four meals that amount to 50 dollars.

Amount means to change into something better as you age.

(verb)

Telling a child that a college education will bring success is an example of telling a child that he will amount to a successful person.

See amount in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

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

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

noun

the sum of two or more quantities; total
the whole meaning, value, or effect
a quantity: a fair amount of resistance

See amount in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
A number; a sum.
A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
The full effect or meaning; import.
Quantity: a great amount of intelligence.

intransitive verb a·mount·ed, a·mount·ing, a·mounts

To add up in number or quantity: The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.
To add up in import or effect: That plan will never amount to anything.
To be equivalent or tantamount: accusations that amount to an indictment.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English amounten, to ascend

Origin: , from Old French amonter

Origin: , from amont, upward

Origin: , from Latin ad montem, to the hill

Origin: : ad, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + mōns, mont-, hill; see men-² in Indo-European roots

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