amount

Universal Words noun, verb noun [C,U] 1 a sum of money: The insurance company will refund any amount due to you. * You will receive a bill for the full amount. * Small amounts will be paid in cash. 2 ~ (of sth) (used especially with uncountable nouns) a quantity of sth: an amount of time / money / information * We've had an enormous amount of help from people. * The server is designed to store huge amounts of data. IDIOMS any amount of sth a large quantity of sth: There's been any amount of research into the subject. no amount of sth used for saying that sth will have no effect: No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool. verb PHRASALVERBS amount to sth 1 to add up to sth; to make sth as a total: His earnings are said to amount to ｣300000 per annum. * They gave me some help in the beginning but it did not amount to much (= they did not give me much help). 2 to be equal to or the same as sth: Her answer amounted to a complete refusal. * Their actions amount to a breach of contract. * We were jailed for a week-well, confined to quarters, but it amounted to the same thing.