n.
the total of something in number, size, value, or extent:
he paid the full amount owed.
▸a quantity:
a small amount of water.
v.
(
amount to)
- come to be (a total) when added together.
- be the equivalent of.
Phrase
- any amount of
a great deal or number of.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. amunter, from amont ‘upward’, lit. ‘uphill’, from L. ad montem.