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amount
a·mount / əˈmount/ • n. a quantity of something, typically the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent: the sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people the substance is harmless if taken in small amounts. ∎ a sum of money: they have spent a colossal amount. • v. [intr.] (amount to) come to be (the total) when added together: losses amounted to over 10 million dollars. ∎ be the equivalent of: their actions amounted to a conspiracy. ∎ develop into; become: you'll never amount to anything. PHRASES: any amount of a great deal or number of: a good marriage can withstand any amount of external pressure. no amount of not even the greatest possible amount of: no amount of talk is going to change anything. |
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"amount." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "amount." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-amount.html "amount." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-amount.html |
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amount †go up, ascend; rise to a certain level. XIII. — AN. am(o)unter, OF. amonter, f. amont upward, i.e. à mont :- L. ad montem to the hill; see MOUNT1.
Hence amount sb. XVIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "amount." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "amount." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-amount.html T. F. HOAD. "amount." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-amount.html |
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amount
•account, amount, count, fount, miscount, mount, no-account, surmount
•headcount • viscount • paramount
•tantamount
•don't, won't, wont
•anoint, appoint, conjoint, joint, outpoint, point, point-to-point
•standpoint
•cashpoint, flashpoint
•checkpoint • endpoint • breakpoint
•needlepoint • midpoint • pinpoint
•vantage point • knifepoint
•strongpoint • viewpoint • gunpoint
•counterpoint • punt
•affront, blunt, brunt, bunt, confront, cunt, front, Granth, grunt, hunt, mahant, runt, shunt, stunt, up-front
•exeunt • manhunt • headhunt
•witch-hunt • seafront • beachfront
•shopfront
•forefront, storefront
•waterfront
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"amount." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "amount." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-amount.html "amount." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-amount.html |
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