ALL meanings of amount
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A a - variable noun amount The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get. 3
- verb amount If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total. 3
- noun amount extent; quantity; supply 3
- noun amount the total of two or more quantities; sum 3
- noun amount the full value, effect, or significance of something 3
- noun amount a principal sum plus the interest on it, as in a loan 3
- verb amount to be equal or add up in effect, meaning, or quantity 3
- intransitive verb amount to add up; equal in total 3
- intransitive verb amount to be equal in meaning, value, or effect 3
- noun amount the sum of two or more quantities; total 3
- noun amount the whole meaning, value, or effect 3
- noun amount a quantity 3
- noun amount The amount of something is how much of it there is. 3
- noun amount quantity 1
- noun amount sum total 1
- intransitive verb amount total 1
- intransitive verb amount be the same as 1
- intransitive verb amount become 1
- noun amount loan: principal plus interest 1
- noun amount the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate. 1
- noun amount the sum of the principal and interest of a loan. 1
- noun amount quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance. 1
- noun amount the full effect, value, or significance. 1
- verb without object amount to total; add (usually followed by to): The repair bill amounts to $300. 1
- verb without object amount to reach, extend, or be equal in number, quantity, effect, etc.; be equivalent (usually followed by to): It is stated differently but amounts to the same thing. 1
- verb without object amount to develop into; become (usually followed by to): With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up. 1
- noun amount The traditional distinction between amount and number is that amount is used with mass or uncountable nouns (the amount of paperwork; the amount of energy) and number with countable nouns (a number of songs; a number of days). Although objected to, the use of amount instead of number with countable nouns occurs in both speech and writing, especially when the noun can be considered as a unit or group (the amount of people present; the amount of weapons) or when it refers to money (the amount of dollars paid; the amount of pennies in the till). 1
- noun amount A quantity of something, typically the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent. 1
- noun amount The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). 0
- noun amount A quantity or volume. 0
- noun amount (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set. 0
- verb amount (Intransitive Verb) (followed by to) To total or evaluate. 0
- verb amount (Intransitive Verb) (followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to. 0
- verb amount (Obsolete (No longer in use)) VI To go up; to ascend. 0