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To go up; to ascend. |
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To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or
quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto. |
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To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or
influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the
testimony amounts to very little. |
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To signify; to amount to. |
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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. |
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The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the
sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. |