# amount

Pronunciation: say "uh-MOWNT" /əˈmaʊnt/

## Noun

1. How much there is of something, especially something measured as a whole rather than counted.
   - Simple: How much of something there is, like sugar, time, or water.
   - _The recipe calls for a generous amount of sugar._
   - _Researchers measured the amount of rainfall over the past year._
2. A specific sum of money, for instance the total someone owes, the price a seller charges, or what a person is paid.
   - Simple: A total in money, like what you have to pay for something or what you are paid.
   - _Enter the amount you want to transfer, then confirm the payment._
   - _Customers can withdraw amounts of up to $500 a day from the machine._
5. The number, or total count, of elements in a set. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: The number of things in a group.
   - _The amount of members in the club doubled over a year._
   - _The amount of items on the list kept growing._

## Verb

3. To add up to or come to a total when the parts are combined.
   - Simple: To add up to a total.
   - _The yearly savings amount to a significant sum._
   - _His debts amounted to more than he could ever repay._
4. To be equivalent to something or reach up to the same level as it.
   - Simple: To be the same as something, or to mean the same thing in the end.
   - _Her remarks amount to an open accusation._
   - _Skipping a single meeting hardly amounts to neglecting your duties._

## Verb

6. To go up; to rise or ascend. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To go up or rise to a higher place.

## Origin

This comes from Middle English amounten ("to mount up to, signify"), from Old French amonter, based on amont ("uphill, upward"). That came from the phrase a mont ("toward a mountain or heap"), from Latin ad montem, formed from ad ("to") plus mons ("mountain").

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