amount /əˈmaʊnt/
 U總數,總額;C數量(vi.)合計,總共達


 amount
 金額


 amount
 金額 數量


 A·mount v. i. [imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Amounting.]
 1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]
    So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.   --Spenser.
 2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
 3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.


 A·mount, v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]


 A·mount, n.
 1. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
 2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
    The whole amount of that enormous fame.   --Pope.

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 amount
      n 1: how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of
           food for four people"
      2: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
         he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, {sum of
         money, amount of money]
      3: how much there is of something that you can quantify [syn: measure,
          quantity]
      4: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: sum, total]
      v 1: be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a
           rebellion"
      2: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to
         $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number,
          add up, come]
      3: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything";
         "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come, {add
         up]