amount

amount: 1. verb
(with to)

1) (to add up to: The bill amounted to $15.) beløpe seg til, komme på

2) (to be equal to: Borrowing money and not returning it amounts to stealing.) være jevngodt med/det samme som, bety
2. noun
(a quantity, especially of money: a large amount of money in the bank.) sum, beløp

beløp
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mengde
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sum

I
subst. \/əˈmaʊnt\/

1) beløp, (slutt)sum

• she bought furniture to the amount of £2000

hun kjøpte møbler til et beløp av 2000 pund

2) mengde, masse, kvantitet

• you have to decide on the amount of milk to be used

du må bestemme deg for hvor mye melk du skal ha i

• the amount of resistance they met

den motstanden de møtte

• the amount of trouble involved

det (ekstra) bryderiet dette medfører\/medførte

3) omfang, innhold, verdi

• the amount of her remarks was that ...

budskapet hennes var egentlig at ...

• the information is of little amount

opplysningene har liten verdi

any amount hvor lenge som helst, så mye som mulig

• I can sleep any amount

jeg kan sove hvor lenge det skal være

any amount of en mengde, en masse (med), massevis, haugevis

• he has any amount of money

han har massevis av penger

no amount of uansett hvor mye, ingenting

• no amount of persuasion could make me change my mind

ingen overtalingsforsøk i hele verden kunne få meg til å ombestemme meg
II
verb \/əˈmaʊnt\/

bare i uttrykk

amount to beløpe seg til, bli (til sammen)

• the bill amounted to £100

komme opp i, dreie seg om

(overført) være det samme som, innebære, bety

• this amounts to a refusal

dette innebærer et avslag

• it amounts to the same thing

det går ut på ett

• a probability amounting almost to a certainty

en mulighet som grenser til det sannsynlige

være verd

• his arguments do not amount to much

argumentene hans er ikke særlig mye verd

bli

• you will never amount to anything

det blir aldri noe av deg

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Synonyms:

Aggregate, sum, total, sum total, whole, footing, footing up / Effect, substance, purport, result

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amount — I (quantity) noun aggregate, bulk, count, extent, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement, net quantity, number, numeration, strength, substance, sum, summa, total, whole associated concepts: amount of evidence, amount of loss foreign phrases:… … Law dictionary
amount — amount, number Amount is normally used with uncountable nouns (i.e. nouns which have no plural) to mean ‘quantity’ (e.g. a reasonable amount of forgiveness, glue, resistance, straw, etc.), and number with plural nouns (e.g. a certain number of… … Modern English usage
Amount — A*mount , n. 1. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year s revenue. [1913 Webster] 2. The effect, substance,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amount — [n1] quantity aplenty, bags*, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob*, heap, hunk, jillion*, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint*, mucho*, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads*, score, slat*, slew*, supply, ton* … New thesaurus
Amount — A*mount , v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amount — ► NOUN 1) the total number, size, value, or extent of something. 2) a quantity. ► VERB (amount to) 1) come to be (a total) when added together. 2) be the equivalent of. ORIGIN from Old French amont upward , from Latin a … English terms dictionary
amount — [ə mount′] vi. [ME amounten, to ascend < OFr amonter < amont, upward < a (L ad), to + mont < L montem, acc. sing. of mons, MOUNTAIN] 1. to add up; equal in total [the bill amounts to $4.50] 2. to be equal in meaning, value, or effect… … English World dictionary
Amount — A*mount , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Amounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amounting}.] [OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See {Mount}, n.] 1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amount to — index aggregate, comprise, consist, reach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
amount to — (something) to be the same as something else. A decrease in student aid amounts to an increase in tuition fees. She thought he was wrong to take what amounts to a stand against greater freedom. Related vocabulary: add up to something … New idioms dictionary
amount — n *sum, total, quantity, number, aggregate, whole … New Dictionary of Synonyms

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