Amount

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1. Noun

To go up; to ascend.

2. Noun

To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.

3. Noun

To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.

4. Verb

To signify; to amount to.

5. Noun

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.

6. Noun

The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.

7. Noun

the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

8. Noun

a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
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