amount to

Idioms  

1. Add up, develop into, as in Even though she's careful with her money, her savings don't amount to much , or All parents hope that their children will amount to something . [Mid-1500s]

2. Be equivalent to, as in Twenty persons won't amount to a good turnout . [Late 1300s] Also see amount to the same thing .

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amount to

Analysts predict the merchant cash advance market could amount to $35 billion by 2030.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Wedgewood appears to have charged clients to conduct surveys on their behalf, a standard practice for aboveboard polling firms that could in this case amount to fraud.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

While CoreWeave’s future debt will likely come at a higher interest rate, Borges argues the increase will only amount to 100 to 200 basis points, capping the company’s blended borrowing costs at around 10%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Their actions amount to anecdotal slivers, book-reading, coffee-drinking, staring out the window—in a word, stage business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

One game involved trying to pull a decorative bow from a vachette's head, and another seemed to amount to nothing more than name-calling.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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