amount
/əˈmaʊnt/
noun
- A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.
- A large amount of snow fell overnight, closing schools.
- Please pay the full amount by the end of the month.
- The amount of time needed to finish the project was underestimated.
verb
- To add up to or total a particular figure or value.
- The savings from the new system amount to a significant reduction in costs.
- The donations amount to over ten thousand dollars.
- His debts amount to more than he earns in a year.
- To be equivalent or equal in meaning, effect, or significance.
- Her advice amounted to telling me to be more careful.
- The changes amount to a complete overhaul of the company's policies.
- All his promises amount to nothing in the end.