Crossword clues for amounted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amount \A*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Amounting.] [OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See Mount, n.]
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To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]
So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
--Spenser. 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: amount)
Usage examples of "amounted".
As soon as he felt himself caught, he begged me not to make any noise, swearing he would return all the handkerchiefs he had stolen from me, which, as he confessed, amounted to seven or eight.
They amounted in value to sixty thousand francs, but she could not dispose of them on the Paris Exchange owing to the tightness in the money market.
The total receipts amounted to two millions, and the administration made a profit of six hundred thousand francs, of which Paris alone had contributed a hundred thousand francs.
She shewed me all she had left, which only amounted to some sets of linen and three or four dresses.
I spent part of the night and the whole of the following day in writing down my conversations with Voltaire, and they amounted nearly to a volume, of which I have only given a mere abridgment.
The following day I paid my debts, which amounted to about two hundred ducats, and I made preparations for starting for Breslau, the day after, with Count Clary, each of us having his own carriage.
The chief obstacle to the match lay in the fact that his earnings only amounted to a paul a day, which was certainly an insufficient sum to support a wife on.
He put down twentyfive Piedmontese pistoles, and some silver money to amuse the ladies --altogether it amounted nearly to forty louis.
My receipts amounted to sixty thousand, but being obliged to deliver over my chest on the evening before the drawing, I had to pay out of my own funds, and was not repaid for a week.
Her receipts amounted to more than twenty-four thousand pounds per annum, but her expenses were enormous and she had debts.
The bill brought by the landlord amounted to forty sequins, a very high figure for three days.
To set up the business I spent in the course of a month about sixty thousand francs, and my weekly expenses amounted to twelve hundred francs.
The baron said with a laugh that the currency was Portuguese milries, and that they amounted to five hundred pounds sterling.
About half-past eleven the Marchioness d'Aout, who was delighted with Armelline, and possibly had her protege's happiness in view, asked me, in a tone that amounted to a command, to sup with her in company with my two companions.
I had three hundred more, so that my fortune amounted to one thousand sequins.