Associations to the word «Amount»

Wiktionary

AMOUNT, noun. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
AMOUNT, noun. A quantity or volume.
AMOUNT, noun. (nonstandard) (sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
AMOUNT, verb. (intransitive) (followed by to) To total or evaluate.
AMOUNT, verb. (intransitive) (followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
AMOUNT, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

Dictionary definition

AMOUNT, noun. A quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient".
AMOUNT, noun. The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people".
AMOUNT, noun. How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.
AMOUNT, noun. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers.
AMOUNT, verb. Be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion".
AMOUNT, verb. Add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000".
AMOUNT, verb. Develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats