amount has definitions from the field of mathematics
1
[ noun ] a quantity of money

Examples

"he borrowed a large sum" "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

Used in print

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

The amount which may be borrowed from the SBA depends_on how much is required to carry_out the intended purpose of the loan .

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[ noun ] how much of something is available

Examples

"an adequate amount of food for four people"

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

Command has achieved the ideal amount of reverberation .

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

Frontage on a body of clear , clean water will be vastly different from the same amount of frontage on polluted water .

The amount of water frontage , the quantity and quality of the water , and the recreation afforded by it are important .

Look at the trees as to size and interest , the amount of shade they provide , how healthy they are , the problems of maintenance , fire hazards , wind throw , etcetera .

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Robert_Frost , for_instance , writes about rural life in New_England , but he does not include any significant amount of folklore in his poems .

3
[ noun ] how much there is of something that you can measure

Used in print

(Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)

With troops dispersed on fields_of_battle rather than on the parade_ground , it may seem that a certain amount of monitoring is automatically enforced by the lines of communication .

4
[ verb ] be tantamount or equivalent to

Examples

"Her action amounted to a rebellion"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Rep._Charles_E._Hughes of Sherman , sponsor of the bill , said a failure to enact it would `` amount to making a gift out_of the taxpayers ' pockets to banks , insurance and pipeline_companies '' .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

However well_chosen and cleverly arranged , such memorabilia unfortunately amounted to more of an interruption than an auxiliary to the evening 's main business , which ( considering the talent at_hand ) should probably have been the gathering of fresh samples of the Chicago style .

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

Our understanding of the solar_system has taught us to replace our former elaborate rituals with the appropriate action which , in this case , amounts to doing nothing .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

The entrance and retention of infectious particles in the alveoli amounts almost to an intra tissue inoculation .

Related terms

make

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[ noun ] (mathematics) a quantity obtained by addition

Synonyms

total sum

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Ask any group of ballerinas to do ten push-ups or three chin-ups and the results , considering the amount of physical training they have had , will be very disappointing .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Hell 's own amount of chaulmoogra_oil did nothing to alleviate their torment ; they expired amid indescribable fantods , imploring the Blessed_One to forgive their desecration .

Related terms

quantity polynomial total

6
[ verb ] add up in number or quantity

Synonyms

total number come add_up

Examples

"The bills amounted to $2,000" "The bill came to $2,000"

Used in print

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

In six years , U._S. aid had amounted to more_than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars .

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[ verb ] develop into

Synonyms

add_up come

Examples

"This idea will never amount to anything" "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

He might have been hoping , to all appearances , that this relatively sunny symphony , in conjunction with the Choral_Fantasy at the end of the program , could amount to something like the Ninth ; but no amount of head-tossing could make it so .

Related terms

become aggregate

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