the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.

the sum of the principal and interest of a loan.

quantity; measure

a great amount of resistance.

the full effect, value, or significance.

to total; add (usually fol. by to )

The repair bill amounts to

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.

to develop into; become (usually fol. by to )

With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up.

noun

aplenty , bags , bulk , bundle , chunk , expanse , extent , flock , gob , heap , hunk , jillion , load , lot , magnitude , mass , measure , mess * , mint * , mucho , number , oodles * , pack , passel , peck , pile , scads * , score , slat , slew , supply , ton , volume , whopper *notes:use \' amount \' with things that cannot be counted but \' number \' with things that can be countednumber is regularly used with count nouns , while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes , amount of money , addition , aggregate , all , bad news * , body , budget , cost , damage * , entirety , expense , list , net , outlay , output , price tag * , product , quantum , set-back , sum , tab * , tidy sum , wholenotes:use \' amount \' with things that cannot be counted but \' number \' with things that can be countednumber is regularly used with count nouns , burden , core , full value , import , matter , purport , result , sense , significance , substance , thrust , upshot , valuenotes:use \' amount \' with things that cannot be counted but \' number \' with things that can be countednumber is regularly used with count nouns , summation , sum total , totality , drift , tenor , corpus , allotment , allowance , amplitude , capacity , portion , purse , quanta , quantity , share , split , stipend , total , worth , yield

verb

aggregate , approach , approximate , become , be equivalent to , be tantamount to , check with , come to , correspond , develop into , effect , extend , grow , match , mean , number , purport , reach , rival , sum , tally , total , touchnotes:use \' amount \' with things that cannot be counted but \' number \' with things that can be countednumber is regularly used with count nouns , while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes , amount of money , run into , constitute , equal , bulk , chunk , comprise , cost , dosage , extent , lot , mass , measure , portion , price , quantity , store , tab , unit , volume , whole