Adding and Amount

noun

• A quantity of money.
  • usage: "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
  • synonyms: sum, sum of money, amount of money
• The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion.
  • usage: "an adequate amount of food for four people"
• How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.
  • synonyms: measure, quantity
• A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers.
  • synonyms: sum, total

verb

• Be tantamount or equivalent to.
  • usage: "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
• Add up in number or quantity.
  • usage: "The bills amounted to $2, 000"; "The bill came to $2, 000"
  • synonyms: total, number, add up, come
• Develop into.
  • usage: "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
  • synonyms: come, add up

• (n.) To go up; to ascend.
• (v.t.) To signify; to amount to.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
• (n.) To rise, reach or extend in effect, substance or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
• (n.) The effect, substance, value, significance or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.