n.

1. how much of something is available
   
   • an adequate amount of food for four people
2. a quantity of money;
   sum, sum of money, amount of money
   
   • he borrowed a large sum
   • the amount he had in cash was insufficient
3. how much there is of something that you can quantify;
   measure, quantity
4. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers;
   sum, total

v.

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