amount

Meanings

• Noun

  A quantity of money.

  - "He owes me an amount of $50."
  - "The amount for the repair is $200."

• Noun

  A quantity or number.

  - "The amount of water in the pool is sufficient."
  - "The amount of students in the class is 30."

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Pronunciation

1. /əˈmaʊnt/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with amount
mount , fount , drought , count

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Homophones

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1. amount (Spanish) : weight
   

2. amount (French) : sum total
   

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Variants

List of all variants of amount that leads to same result
amount , amount to much , amount to something , amounted , amounting , amounts , amount to anything , amount to , amounted to , amounting to , amounts to , amount to the same thing , no amount of , not amount to much

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Forms

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amounts, amounte(d), amounting

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Etymology

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Old French 'amount' meaning 'sum total'.

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Trivia

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1. The largest known number is a 'googolplex', which is a 1 followed by a googol number of zeros.

2. A 'gigabyte' is a unit of measurement for digital information and computer storage. It is equal to 1 billion bytes.

3. A 'terabyte' is a unit of measurement for digital information and computer storage. It is equal to 1 trillion bytes.

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Related Concepts

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1. quantity: A quantity is a measure of how much or how many of something exists or is present.

2. money: Money is a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value.

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Culture

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Amount is a significant concept in various aspects of life, including finance, mathematics, and science. In literature, 'amount' is often used to emphasize the importance of a particular quantity or number. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth famously says, 'What if we should fail? When shall we have this done, this night? And what if the King come before his time?' In mathematics, 'amount' can refer to the sum of numbers, and in science, it can represent the quantity of a substance.

How to Memorize "amount"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pile of coins or dollar bills to represent 'amount'. Visualize adding more coins or bills to the pile to increase the amount.

2. associate
   

   - Associate 'amount' with the word 'total'. Visualize adding up all the individual parts to get the total 'amount'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'A Monkey Under My Table Eats Apples' to remember the multiplication table. A is 1, M is 2, U is 3, M is 4, U is 5, M is 6, U is 7, M is 8, U is 9, and E is 10. This can help you remember the amount of a product when multiplying two numbers.

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