amount

amount: ▪ I. amount a‧mount ¹ [əˈmaʊnt] noun [countable, uncountable]

a quantity of something:

• debts that vary in amount

• Figures show a big rise in the amount of money in the economy.

• You must pay the full amount in advance.

• a cheque in settlement of the amount owing

ˈface aˌmount

1. [countable] INSURANCE a sum of money paid to someone who has an insurance policy when that policy mature S (= it is time for it to be paid); = sum Bre

2. [countable] FINANCE the stated value of a share, bond etc when it is Issued (= sold for the first time). This is not necessarily the price that is really paid for it. Bonds, for example, may be sold slightly above or below their face amount. This value is used to calculate yield (= how much profit bonds make for the investor); = FACE VALUE; NOMINAL VALUE; PAR VALUE

3. [countable] BANKING the value shown on a coin or banknote; = FACE VALUE

[m0] ▪ II. amount amount ² verb

amount to something phrasal verb [transitive]

if something amounts to a particular total, the different parts add up to that total:

• Earnings per share amounted to 16.8p.

• Total government income amounted to about £180,000 million.

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amount UK US /əˈmaʊnt/ noun [C]

► MONEY a quantity of money: a large/small/considerable amount »You can make a considerable amount for only a few hours' work.
a certain/particular amount »Payments are limited to a certain amount.
pay/spend/raise an amount »If everyone in the company contributed just $10, this would raise the amount needed.
»She was so disappointed with the service she refused to pay the full amount.
»I didn't expect the bill to come to this amount.

► a quantity of something such as time, space, a substance, or a feeling: an amount of sth »They didn't deliver the right amount of sand.
large/small amounts »Small amounts of land were used for keeping animals.
a considerable/significant/huge amount »The new tax caused a huge amount of anger among small business owners.
»Both solutions take about the same amount of time.

● any amount of sth — Cf. any amount of sth

→ See also FACE AMOUNT(Cf. ↑face amount)

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Synonyms:

Aggregate, sum, total, sum total, whole, footing, footing up / Effect, substance, purport, result

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amount — I (quantity) noun aggregate, bulk, count, extent, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement, net quantity, number, numeration, strength, substance, sum, summa, total, whole associated concepts: amount of evidence, amount of loss foreign phrases:… … Law dictionary
amount — amount, number Amount is normally used with uncountable nouns (i.e. nouns which have no plural) to mean ‘quantity’ (e.g. a reasonable amount of forgiveness, glue, resistance, straw, etc.), and number with plural nouns (e.g. a certain number of… … Modern English usage
Amount — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The effect, substance,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amount — [n1] quantity aplenty, bags*, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob*, heap, hunk, jillion*, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint*, mucho*, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads*, score, slat*, slew*, supply, ton* … New thesaurus
Amount — A*mount , v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amount — ► NOUN 1) the total number, size, value, or extent of something. 2) a quantity. ► VERB (amount to) 1) come to be (a total) when added together. 2) be the equivalent of. ORIGIN from Old French amont upward , from Latin a … English terms dictionary
amount — [ə mount′] vi. [ME amounten, to ascend < OFr amonter < amont, upward < a (L ad), to + mont < L montem, acc. sing. of mons, MOUNTAIN] 1. to add up; equal in total [the bill amounts to $4.50] 2. to be equal in meaning, value, or effect… … English World dictionary
Amount — A*mount , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Amounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amounting}.] [OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See {Mount}, n.] 1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amount to — index aggregate, comprise, consist, reach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
amount to — (something) to be the same as something else. A decrease in student aid amounts to an increase in tuition fees. She thought he was wrong to take what amounts to a stand against greater freedom. Related vocabulary: add up to something … New idioms dictionary
amount — n *sum, total, quantity, number, aggregate, whole … New Dictionary of Synonyms

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