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== English == === Etymology === From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈmaʊnt/, enPR: ə.mount' Rhymes: -aʊnt === Noun === amount (plural amounts) The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). A quantity or volume. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set. ==== Usage notes ==== The use of amount for countable things is often considered incorrect, with number or quantity being preferred in those contexts. Some go further by restricting amount to immeasurable things (that is, things that one cannot put a specific quantity to, such as intangibles), and using quantity for things that can be measured. However, when referring to something uncountable but measurable, the term amount is so widespread that it is generally considered interchangeable with quantity. ==== Hyponyms ==== batch bolus notional amount principal amount serving (helping, portion) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === amount (third-person singular simple present amounts, present participle amounting, simple past and past participle amounted) (intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of. (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend. ==== Translations ==== === See also === extent magnitude measurement number quantity size === References === === Further reading === “amount”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amount”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “amount”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === mantou, moutan, outman, tomaun