amount
amount Lexical Profile
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• noun
A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.
"The recipe calls for a small amount of vanilla extract."
A sum of money, especially the full sum including principal and interest.
"She paid the full amount of the invoice before the deadline."
• verb
To come to a specified total when added together (usually followed by 'to').
"Annual operating expenses amounted to nearly two million dollars last year."
To be equivalent to in meaning, effect, or significance (usually followed by 'to').
"His vague explanation amounted to a polite refusal to help."
To develop into or become something notable or worthwhile (usually followed by 'to').
"After months of negotiation, the proposed merger never amounted to anything."
Word Nuance & Usage
In standard usage, 'amount' is used with uncountable mass nouns (e.g., 'the amount of water' or 'the amount of time'), whereas 'number' is used with plural countable nouns (e.g., 'the number of people' or 'the number of books').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French 'amonter' ('to ascend, rise, or reach in value'), which derives from the phrase 'a mont' ('upward, toward a mountain'), ultimately from Latin 'ad montem'.