From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
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So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
--Spenser.
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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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Amount \A*mount"\, v. t.
To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the
sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
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The whole amount of that enormous fame. --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amount
n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, {sum of
money}, amount, amount of money]
2: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a
criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
3: how much there is or how many there are of something that you
can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount]
4: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
[syn: sum, amount, 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, amount]
3: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything";
"nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come, add up,
amount]