amt

[ amt, ahmt ]

/ æmt, ɑmt /

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noun

an administrative division in Denmark.

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Origin of amt

<Danish <German; Old High German ambaht, ampacht (neuter) service, akin to ampacht (masculine) <Gallo-Latin ambactus servant; see embassy

Other definitions for amt (2 of 4)

AMT

alternative minimum tax.

Other definitions for amt (3 of 4)

amt.

abbreviation

amount.

Other definitions for amt (4 of 4)

A.M.T.

abbreviation

Associate in Mechanical Technology.

Associate in Medical Technology.

Master of Arts in Teaching.

How to use amt in a sentence

Honest liberals oppose repeal because the AMT is “an important source of revenue for the Federal government.”
How Did We Leave Behind A Whopping Middle-class Tax Hike?||December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Treasury has estimated that by 2013 it would be more expensive to repeal the AMT than to eliminate the income tax.
How Did We Leave Behind A Whopping Middle-class Tax Hike?||December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Republican Congress was right to pass full AMT repeal in 1999, and Bill Clinton was wrong to veto it.
How Did We Leave Behind A Whopping Middle-class Tax Hike?||December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And because the AMT eliminates personal exemptions, it hurts families with children in particular.
How Did We Leave Behind A Whopping Middle-class Tax Hike?||December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST

For many taxpayers, the AMT is a nightmare that threatens their family budgets.
How Did We Leave Behind A Whopping Middle-class Tax Hike?||December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
All in grave official terms, but of such a purport as was not exhilarating to everybody in those Ober-Amt localities.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
A considerable number of people are now getting ready to go to America from this Amt.
A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States : From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848|George Tobias Flom
The father, distracted with grief and vexation, had run to the Amt to have the fugitives pursued.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2)|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The south-eastern portion of it belongs to the amt of Troms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various
Every negotiation has contemplated the yielding of that amt.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1|Samuel J. Tilden

British Dictionary definitions for amt

amt

abbreviation for

amount

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