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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•mount /əˈmaʊnt/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. the sum total of two or more quantities or sums;
    whole:the final amount that we actually pay for this car.
  2. quantity;
    measure: [~ + of + uncountable noun]We met a great amount of resistance to the plan.[~ + of + plural noun]Huge amounts of crops lay unharvested.

v. [~ + to + object* not: be + ~-ing]
  1. to total;
    add up to:The bill amounts to $300.
  2. to be equal in value, effect, or extent;
    be worth;
    mean:All those fine words amount to nothing.
  3. to turn into;
    become:a bright student who should amount to something one day.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•mount  (ə mount′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the sum total of two or more quantities or sums;
    aggregate.
  2. the sum of the principal and interest of a loan.
  3. quantity;
    measure:a great amount of resistance.
  4. the full effect, value, or significance.

v.i. 
  1. to total;
    add (usually fol. by to):The repair bill amounts to $300.
  2. to reach, extend, or be equal in number, quantity, effect, etc.;
    be equivalent (usually fol. by to):It is stated differently but amounts to the same thing.
  3. to develop into;
    become (usually fol. by to):With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up.
  • Anglo-French amo(u)nter, amunter, Old French amonter literally, to go up, ascend, probably a- a-5 + monter (see mount1); English noun, nominal use of verb, verbal from early 18th cent.
  • Middle English amounten, amunten 1250–1300
    The traditional distinction between amount and number is that amount is used with mass or uncountable nouns (the amount of paperwork; the amount of energy) and number with countable nouns (a number of songs; a number of days). Although objected to, the use of amount instead of number with countable nouns occurs in both speech and writing, especially when the noun can be considered as a unit or group (the amount of people present; the amount of weapons) or when it refers to money (the amount of dollars paid; the amount of pennies in the till).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
amount / əˈmaʊnt/
  1. extent; quantity; supply
  2. the total of two or more quantities; sum
  3. the full value, effect, or significance of something
  4. a principal sum plus the interest on it, as in a loan
  1. (intransitive) usually followed by to: to be equal or add up in effect, meaning, or quantity
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French amonter to go up, from amont upwards, from a to + mont mountain (from Latin mōns)USAGE
The use of a plural noun after amount of (an amount of bananas; the amount of refugees) should be avoided: a quantity of bananas; the number of refugees
'total amount' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
billing - budget - charge - commission - coulometer - disposable income - divergence - exposure - float - handle - integrate - money supply - overcapitalize - pari-mutuel - pool - proceed - production - quota - rent-roll - short interest - statement - tonnage - total - totality - turnover - velocity of circulation - weight - wool clip

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