amounts

noun

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

A quantity or volume.

(nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

verb

(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.

(intransitive, followed by to) To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.

(obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

Roots

monsmount- · Latin · mountain, rise

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