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Meaning of amount

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  amount
      n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
           he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: {sum}, {sum of
           money}, {amount}, {amount of money}]
      2: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a
         criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
      3: how much there is or how many there are of something that you
         can quantify [syn: {measure}, {quantity}, {amount}]
      4: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
         [syn: {sum}, {amount}, {total}]
      v 1: be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a
           rebellion"
      2: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000";
         "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: {total}, {number}, {add up},
         {come}, {amount}]
      3: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything";
         "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: {come}, {add up},
         {amount}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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