amount

Everyday

1. An amount is how much there is of something. tree →
2. An amount is a sum of money. tree →
3. To amount to is to add up to a total, or to be the same as. tree →

In the lessons

a quantity, often of money, time or stuff; the unknown in many questions; in science, the amount of water or light; phrases «a large amount», «a small amount», «the same amount», «amount to»

Examples

• What is the total amount of money? tree →
• She paid the same amount each week. tree →
• He spent an amount of 25 dollars. tree →
• Find the amount of water left. tree →
• Plants need the right amount of sunlight. tree →
• The bill amounted to 40 dollars. tree →
• Use a small amount of glue. tree →
• A large amount of snow fell overnight. tree →
• They gave the same amount of time to each game. tree →
• His excuses amount to nothing. tree →
• The amount is six bushels--just what you have. tree →

Note

Names the quantity asked for; no operation by itself. Trap: «the same amount» means equal parts, often a clue to divide or multiply. Use «amount of» with uncountable things (amount of water); with countable things say «number of» (number of cars).

In Jewish tradition

a quantity, often of money, time or stuff; the unknown in many questions; in science, the amount of water or light; phrases «a large amount», «a small amount», «the same amount», «amount to»

Examples

• The Hebrew letters amount in nimieration to 440, that is 400, 30 and i o. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• And he made the most holy place; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. (Writings 2CH.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Names the quantity asked for; no operation by itself. Trap: «the same amount» means equal parts, often a clue to divide or multiply. Use «amount of» with uncountable things (amount of water); with countable things say «number of» (number of cars).