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Noun amount has 4 senses

amount - how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
--₁ is a kind of magnitude
--₁ has particulars:
critical mass; quantity; increase, increment; decrease, decrement; insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency; number, figure
sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
--₂ is a kind of assets
--₂ has particulars:
gain; cash surrender value; contribution; deductible; defalcation; loss, red ink, red; figure; coverage, insurance coverage; advance, cash advance; payroll, paysheet; peanuts; purse; purse

measure, quantity, amount - how much there is of something that you can quantify
--₃ is a kind of abstraction
--₃ has particulars:

Derived form: verb amount₂

sum, amount, total - a quantity obtained by addition
--₄ is a kind of quantity
--₄ has particulars: polynomial, multinomial
Derived form: verb amount₂

Verb amount has 3 senses

amount - be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
total, number, add up, come, amount - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
--₂ is one way to be

Derived forms: noun amount₄, noun amount₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
come, add up, amount - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
--₃ is one way to become, turn
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something