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Definitions for Amount

[1] the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
[2] the sum of the principal and interest of a loan.
[3] quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance.
[4] the full effect, value, or significance.
[5] to total; add (usually followed by to ): The repair bill amounts to $300.
[6] 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.
[7] to develop into; become (usually followed by to ): With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up.
[8] extent; quantity; supply
[9] the total of two or more quantities; sum
[10] the full value, effect, or significance of something
[11] a principal sum plus the interest on it, as in a loan
[12] (intr usually foll by to ) to be equal or add up in effect, meaning, or quantity

Words related to Amount

load, bulk, extent, supply, chunk, number, volume, lot, measure, ton, product, outlay, sum, budget, damage, cost, output, expense, import, burden

Words nearby Amount

amortizement, amory, amos, amosite, amoss' sign, amount, amount at risk, amount of substance, amount to, amount to the same thing, amour

Origin of Amount

1250–1300; Middle English amounten, amunten < Anglo-French amo(u)nter, amunter, Old French amonter literally, to go up, ascend, probably a- a-5 + monter (see mount1); E noun use of v. from early 18th cent.

Words that may be confused with Amount

amount, number, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Word origin for Amount

C13: from Old French amonter to go up, from amont upwards, from a to + mont mountain (from Latin mōns )

Synonyms for Amount

bulk, chunk, extent, load, lot, measure, number, supply, ton, volume, bags, bundle, expanse, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, magnitude, mass, mess, mint, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, whopper, aplenty, mucho