ALL meanings of amounting
a·mount
A a - noun amounting the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate. 1
- noun amounting the sum of the principal and interest of a loan. 1
- noun amounting quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance. 1
- noun amounting the full effect, value, or significance. 1
- verb without object amounting to total; add (usually followed by to): The repair bill amounts to $300. 1
- verb without object amounting 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 amounting to develop into; become (usually followed by to): With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up. 1
- noun amounting Present participle of amount. 1