noun
- a quantity of something
- a sum of money
verb
- to add up to; to equal in total
- to be equivalent to in significance or effect
Examples
- The recipe calls for a small amount of salt.
- What amount do you need to borrow?
- The bill amounts to fifty dollars.
- Her silence amounts to an admission of guilt.
- A large amount of snow fell overnight.
- The damage amounts to thousands of dollars.
- That doesn’t amount to much progress.