amount
//əˈmaʊnt//
Noun
amountSingular
amountsPlural
1
A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.
A large amount of money was spent on the project.
2
A sum of money.
Please write the amount on the check.
Verb
1
To add up in number or quantity; to total.
The expenses amount to $500.
2
To be equivalent to; to equal in significance or effect.
His silence amounted to an admission of guilt.