amount

¹amount

verb \ə-ˈmau̇nt\

Definition of AMOUNT

intransitive verb

1

a : to be equivalent <acts that amount to treason> b : to reach in kind or quality <wants her son to amount to something> <doesn't amount to much>

2

: to reach a total : add up <the bill amounts to $10>

Origin of AMOUNT

Middle English, from Anglo-French amounter, from amount upward, from a- (from Latin ad-) + mont mountain — more at mount

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with AMOUNT

account, blood count, demount, discount, dismount, high-count, point count, recount, remount, seamount, surmount, viscount