amount
pronunciation
How to pronounce amount in British English:
UK [əˈmaʊnt]
How to pronounce amount in American English:
US [əˈmaʊnt]
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- Noun:
- how much of something is available
- a quantity of money
- how much there is of something that you can quantify
- a quantity obtained by addition
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- Verb:
- be tantamount or equivalent to
- add up in number or quantity
- develop into
Word Origin
- amount
- amount: see mountain
- amount (n.)
- 1710, from amount (v.).
- amount (v.)
- late 13c., "to go up, rise, mount (a horse)," from Old French amonter, from a mont "upward," literally "to the mountain," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + montem (nominative mons) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to rise in number or quality (so as to reach)" is from c. 1300. Related: Amounted; amounting.
Example
- 1. Current spending falls 60 % short of that amount .
- 2. No estimate was given for the amount it might pay out in 2011 .
- 3. Coca-cola increased the amount it is planning to invest in india to $ 5 billion .
- 4. Tea has just the right amount of caffeine .
- 5. Later the amount was cut in half .