| Amount | 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Amount | 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, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. [ 1913 Webster ] The whole amount of that enormous fame. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |