1.  amount(n = noun.possession) amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
is a kind of assets
has particulars: gain, gross, receipts, revenue, cash surrender value, contribution, deductible, defalcation, loss, red, red ink, figure, coverage, insurance coverage, advance, cash advance, payroll, paysheet, peanuts, purse, purse

2.  amount(n = noun.attribute) - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
is a kind of magnitude
has particulars: positiveness, positivity, negativeness, negativity, critical mass, quantity, increase, increment, decrease, decrement, smallness, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, margin, figure, number

3.  amount(n = noun.tops) measure, quantity - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify;
is a kind of abstract entity, abstraction
has particulars: chance, probability, quantum, economic value, value, fundamental measure, fundamental quantity, definite quantity, indefinite quantity, relative quantity, metric, system of measurement, cordage, octane number, octane rating, magnetisation, magnetization, radical, volume, volume, proof, time unit, unit of time, point, point in time, period of play, play, playing period, interval, time interval
Derived form verb amount₂

4.  amount(n = noun.cognition) sum, total - a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers;
is a kind of quantity
has particulars: grand total, subtotal
Derived form verb amount₂

1.  amount(v = verb.stative) - be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

2.  amount(v = verb.stative) add up, come, number, total - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
is one way to be
Derived forms noun amount₃, noun amount₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

3.  amount(v = verb.stative) add up, come - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
is one way to become, turn
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

1.  To go up; to ascend. [1913 Webster]
"So up he rose, and thence amounted straight." [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]

   To signify; to amount to. [1913 Webster]

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." [1913 Webster]

amount, n. & v.
--n.
1 a quantity, esp. the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, extent, etc. (a large amount of money; came to a considerable amount).
2 the full effect or significance.
--v.intr. (foll. by to) be equivalent to in number, size, significance, etc. (amounted to {pound}100; amounted to a disaster).

Idiom:
any amount of a great deal of. no amount of not even the greatest possible amount of.

Etymology:
ME f. OF amunter f. amont upward, lit. uphill, f. L ad montem

N  quantity, magnitude, size, amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, substance, strength, force, mathematics, mathesis, category, general conception, universal predicament, armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful, stock, batch, lot, dose, yaffle, quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few, to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely.

N  degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength, comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds, by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado.

N  money, legal tender, money matters, money market, finance, accounts, funds, treasure, capital, stock, assets, wealth, supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash, mammon, dough, cabbage, money-like instruments, M, M, sum, amount, balance, balance sheet, sum total, proceeds, currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash, dollar, sterling coin, pounds shillings and pence, Ls, d, pocket, breeches pocket, purse, money in hand, cash at hand, ready money, ready cash, slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough, rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink, argent comptant, bottom dollar, buzzard dollar, checks, dibs, double eagle, eagle, Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency, Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate, long bit, short bit, moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock, seawan, seawant, thousand dollars, grand, single, one-dollar bill, two- dollar bill, five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, Lincoln, ten-dollar bill, sawbuck, twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck, fifty-dollar bill, hundred-dollar bill, C-note, penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper, two-cent piece three-cent piece, half- dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B, Anthony dollar, precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget, petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea, rouleau, wampum, good sum, round sum, lump sum, power of money, plum, lac of rupees, major coin, crown, minor coin, monetarist, monetary theory, numismatics, chrysology, numismatist, paper money, greenback, major denomination, minor denomination, money order, postal money order, Post Office order, bank note, bond, bill, bill of exchange, order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, blueback, hundi, shinplaster, note, note of hand, promissory note, I O U, draft, check, cheque, back-dated check, negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW, remittance, credit, liability, drawer, drawee, obligor, obligee, moneyer, coiner, false money, bad money, base coin, flash note, slip, kite, fancy stocks, Bank of Elegance, argumentum ad crumenam, letter of credit, circulation, multiplier effect, inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency, deflation, stagflation, exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates, currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change, gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard, bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account, certificate of deposit, CD, $, US$, Y, A$, Federal Reserve Bank, central bank, Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Secret Service, mint, bureau of engraving, seigniorage, counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood), interest, interest rate, discount rate, monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical, sterling, nummary, barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives, but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that, Gelt regiert die Welt, money rules the world, money makes the world go round, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam, redet Geld so schweigt die Welt, money is the mother's milk of politics, money is the root of all evil, money isn't everything, as phony as a three-dollar bill, don't take any wooden nickels.

N  price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.

amount of money, amount to, large indefinite amount, small indefinite amount