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