1. [n]  how much there is of something that you can measure
2. [n]  how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
3. [n]  a quantity obtained by addition
4. [n]  a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
5. [v]  develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
6. [v]  add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
7. [v]  be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

AMOUNT is a 6 letter word that starts with A.

1. \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.]
   1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]
            So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
                                                  --Spenser.
   2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or
      quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; --
      with to or unto.
   3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or
      influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as,
      the testimony amounts to very little.
   

2. \A*mount"\, v. t.
   To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]
   

3. \A*mount"\, n.
   1. 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.
   2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the
      sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
            The whole amount of that enormous fame. --Pope.