Definition of ammount

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1. amount [ n ] 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 .

Synonyms amount sum amount_of_money sum_of_money Related Terms asset assets loss figure contribution purse coverage gain purse payroll defalcation cash_surrender_value peanuts advance deductible

2. amount [ n ] 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 .

Synonyms amount Related Terms magnitude number quantity increase insufficiency decrease critical_mass

3. amount [ n ] 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 .

Synonyms amount quantity measure quantum Related Terms abstraction time_period probability volume value time_interval point fundamental_measure volume proof relative_quantity indefinite_quantity playing_period cordage system_of_measurement quantum octane_number time_unit linear_measure magnetisation magnetic_flux definite_quantity measure total standard nonstandard

4. amount [ v ] 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 .

Synonyms amount Related Terms make

5. amount [ n ] a quantity obtained by addition

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 .

Synonyms amount total sum Related Terms quantity polynomial total

6. amount [ v ] add up in number or quantity
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 .

Synonyms total number amount come add_up Related Terms be average outnumber make work_out number number sum sum

7. amount [ v ] develop into
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 .

Synonyms add_up amount come Related Terms become aggregate

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