amount

Englanti

Substantiivi

amount (monikko amounts)

1. määrä

   a very large amount

   a small amount

   Everything counts in large amounts.

   Literature gives an enormous amount of pleasure and insight.

2. rahamäärä

   It has cost an enormous amount of money to build this.

   You shouldn't spend such huge amounts.

   The total amount that went to this project was colossal.

3. (Intia) summa, loppusumma

   the amount has been billed to your credit card

Liittyvät sanat

Synonyymit

• (loppusumma) total, grand total

Verbi

Taivutus
ind. prees. y. 3. p.	amounts
part. prees.	amounting
imp. & part. perf.	amounted

amount

1. amount to something, nousta (johonkin määrään tai arvoon)

   The total amounts to billions of euros.

   You, oh you scum! You will never amount to anything! – Senkin saasta! Sinusta ei tule koskaan yhtään mitään!

   it amounted to little, the whole thing never amounted to much – koko juttu oli loppujen lopuksi varsin vähäpätöinen