- amount - how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
--1 is a kind of magnitude
--1 has particulars:critical mass; quantity; increase, increment; decrease, decrement; insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency; number, figure - sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
--2 is a kind of assets
--2 has particulars:gain; cash surrender value; contribution; deductible; defalcation; loss, red ink, red; figure; coverage, insurance coverage; advance, cash advance; payroll, paysheet; peanuts; purse; purse - measure, quantity, amount - how much there is of something that you can quantify
--3 is a kind of abstraction
--3 has particulars:Derived form: verb amount2 - sum, amount, total - a quantity obtained by addition
--4 is a kind of quantity
--4 has particulars: polynomial, multinomialDerived form: verb amount2 - sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
- amount - be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- total, number, add up, come, amount - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun amount4, noun amount3
Something ----s something
- come, add up, amount - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
--3 is one way to become, turn
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- total, number, add up, come, amount - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"