Results for amount

Definition of amount:

• part of speech: (noun)

  The sum total; quantity.

• part of speech: (verb)

  To rise up to in the whole; to reach or extend to.

• part of speech: (noun)

  Sum total; the whole; the result.

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To mount up to; be equivalent; result.

Usage examples for amount:

“ All they think about is the amount of work they can get out of me. ” With Steyn and De Wet, - Philip Pienaar.

“ He received a fortune with me to the amount of five thousand pounds. ” Maria The Wrongs of Woman, - Mary Wollstonecraft.