See Also: amount 2, verb(dictionary)
Net amount(tourism)
Amount(medicine)
amount(1)(dictionary)
amount(2)(dictionary)
Principal amount(finance)
Zero bracket amount(finance)
Net Face Amount(money)
Amount At Risk(law)
amount 1, noun(dictionary)

amount 2, verb (oh)



2 v
amount to [amount to sth] phr v
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: amonter, from amont 'upward', from mont 'mountain']
if figures, sums etc amount to a particular total, they equal that total when they are added together
::Time lost through illness amounted to 1,357 working days.
if an attitude, remark, situation etc amounts to something, it has the same effect
::The court's decision amounts to a not guilty verdict.
::Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing .
not amount to much/anything/a great deal etc
to not be important, valuable, or successful
::Her academic achievements don't amount to much.
::Jim's never going to amount to much.