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U總數,總額;C數量合計,總共達

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Amount \A*mount"\, v. t.
   To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]

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.

   2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the
      sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.

            The whole amount of that enormous fame. --Pope.

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.]

            So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or
      quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; --
      with to or unto.

   3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or
      influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as,
      the testimony amounts to very little.

資料來源 : WordNet®

amount
     n 1: how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of
          food for four people"
     2: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
        he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: {sum}, {sum of
        money}, {amount of money}]
     3: how much there is of something that you can quantify [syn: {measure},
         {quantity}]
     4: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: {sum}, {total}]

amount
     v 1: be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a
          rebellion"
     2: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to
        $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: {total}, {number},
         {add up}, {come}]
     3: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything";
        "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: {come}, {add
        up}]