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ENGLISH: amount - CREOLE: total

Overview of noun amount

The noun amount has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (51) amount -- (how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people")

2. (40) 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")

3. (26) measure, quantity, amount -- (how much there is of something that you can quantify)

4. (6) sum, amount, total -- (a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers)

Overview of verb amount

The verb amount has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (10) amount -- (be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion")

2. (6) total, number, add up, come, amount -- (add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000")

3. (4) come, add up, amount -- (develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans")