Definitions of amount:

• noun:   how much of something is available

  Example: "An adequate amount of food for four people"

• noun:   a quantity obtained by addition
• noun:   how much there is of something that you can quantify
• noun:   a quantity of money

  Example: "The amount he had in cash was insufficient"

• verb:   be tantamount or equivalent to

  Example: "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

• verb:   develop into

  Example: "This idea will never amount to anything"

• verb:   add up in number or quantity

  Example: "The bills amounted to $2,000"