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Definition of Amount
A`mount´ | v. i. | 1. | To go up; to ascend. | | 2. | To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; - with to or unto. | | 3. | To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little. | | v. t. | 1. | To signify; to amount to. | | n. | 1. | The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue. | | 2. | The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. |
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