amount

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a quantity of money
  2. noun the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
  3. noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

sum, sum of money, amount of money

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