amount

n.

1. The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
2. A number; a sum.
3. A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
4. The full effect or meaning; import.
5. Quantity: a great amount of intelligence.

intr.v., a·mount·ed, a·mount·ing, a·mounts.

1. To add up in number or quantity: The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.
2. To add up in import or effect: That plan will never amount to anything.
3. To be equivalent or tantamount: accusations that amount to an indictment.

[From Middle English amounten, to ascend, from Old French amonter, from amont, upward, from Latin ad montem, to the hill : ad, to + mōns, mont-, hill.]

Sum, represented by a number; frequently number of dollars.

noun

1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition: aggregate, sum, summation, sum total, total, totality. Archaic tale. See count.
2. The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement: burden, drift, import, purport, substance, tenor. Idioms: sum and substance, sum total. See meaning.
3. A measurable whole: body, budget, bulk, corpus, quantity, quantum. See big/small/amount.

verb

1. To come to in number or quantity: aggregate, number, reach, run into, total. Idioms: add up to. See increase/decrease.
2. To be equivalent or tantamount: constitute, correspond, equal. Idioms: have all the earmarks. See be.

IN BRIEF: The sum total.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - beløb, størrelse, sum
v. intr. - beløbe sig til

idioms:

• amount to    være ensbetydende med
• not amount to a hill of beans    ikke koste en herregård, ikke koste en halv arm

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoeveelheid, bedrag, belang

Français (French)
n. - nombre, quantité, somme, montant, total, (Fin, Comm) à concurrence de, (Fin) dotation, importance, signification
v. intr. - s'élever à, se chiffrer à, se monter à, équivaloir à, se ramener à, se réduire à

idioms:

• amount to    équivaloir à, se monter à, se ramener à, se réduire à, s'élever à, se chiffrer à
• any amount of    tant et plus
• not amount to a hill of beans    ne pas valoir grand chose, ne pas valoir le coup

Deutsch (German)
n. - Menge, Betrag
v. - steigen, betragen

idioms:

• amount to    hinauslaufen auf, betragen, sich belaufen auf
• any amount of    jede Menge (ugs.)
• not amount to a hill of beans    nichts wert sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποσότητα, σύνολο, (οικον.) ποσό, (φυσ.) ποσότητα
v. - ανέρχομαι (σε), συμποσούμαι (σε), ισοδυναμώ (με)

idioms:

• amount to    ανέρχομαι σε, συμποσούμαι σε, ισοδυναμώ με
• not amount to a hill of beans    δεν αξίζει τίποτα

Italiano (Italian)
ammontare, quantità, somma

idioms:

• amount to    valere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - soma (f), quantia (f), total (m), resultado (m)
v. - importar, atingir, equivaler

idioms:

• amount to    ter importância para

Русский (Russian)
количество, сумма

idioms:

• amount to    составлять сумму в, сводиться к

Español (Spanish)
n. - cantidad, monto, suma, importe
v. intr. - montar, sumar, valer

idioms:

• amount to    asciende a, alcanza a, sumar, valer, equivaler a, venir a ser
• any amount of    cualquier cantidad de
• not amount to a hill of beans    totalmente carente de valor, insignificante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - belopp, mängd
v. - uppgå till, belöpa sig på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
总额, 数量, 总计, 等于

idioms:

• amount to    总计为, 相当于
• not amount to a hill of beans    一文不值, 不会成功

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 總額, 數量
v. intr. - 總計, 等於

idioms:

• amount to    總計為, 相當於
• not amount to a hill of beans    一文不值, 不會成功

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 총액, 요지, 가치
v. intr. - 이 되다

idioms:

• amount to    이 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 総額, 総数, 額, 量
v. - 総計…になる, 結果として…になる

idioms:

• amount to    相当する, 達する
• not amount to a hill of beans    重要ではない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مبلغ (فعل) يلغ كذا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סכום, כמות‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתכם, היה שווה ל-‬

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