See Also: amount(2)(dictionary)
Amount(medicine)
Net amount(tourism)
amount(1)(dictionary)
Principal amount(finance)
Zero bracket amount(finance)
Amount At Risk(law)
amount 1, noun(dictionary)
amount 2, verb(dictionary)
Ceiling amount(finance)

amount(2) (iou)



amount verb. ME.
[Old French amunter, amo(u)nter, from amont upward from Latin ad montem: see AD-, MOUNT noun1.]
verb intrans. Go up, ascend, mount. ME-M17.
verb intrans. Mount up, increase. ME-E18.
verbtrans. & intrans. with to. Be equivalent in total to (a specified number or quantity). ME.
Shakespeare Comedy of Errors Which doth amount to three odd ducats more Than I stand debted to this gentleman.
verbtrans. & intrans. with to. Be equivalent to in significance etc. ME.
D. H. Lawrence There was a strange freedom, that almost amounted to anarchy, in the house. Stevie Smith Although I collect facts I do not always know what they amount / to. P. Nichols We'd gathered that she wasn't ever going to amount to much.
verb intrans. Arise from addition; result. M16-M17.
verb trans. Cause to rise; elevate. M16-M17.