amount
noun
[ əˈmaʊnt ]
• a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.
• "sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people"
Similar:
quantity,
number,
total,
aggregate,
sum,
quota,
group,
size,
mass,
weight,
volume,
bulk,
load,
consignment,
proportion,
portion,
part,
dose,
dosage,
quantum,
amount
verb
• come to be (the total) when added together.
• "losses amounted to over 10 million pounds"
Similar:
add up to,
come to,
run to,
number,
be,
make,
total,
equal,
be equal to,
be equivalent to,
represent,
count as,
tot up to,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont ‘upward’, literally ‘uphill’, from Latin ad montem . The noun use dates from the early 18th century.
