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a·mount (ə-mount́)

[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.]

noun 

  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.

intransitive verb: 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.