Amount to and Sum

Amount to

Amount to verb - To have a total of.
Usage example: the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what we'd budgeted for
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Sum and amount to are semantically related in total topic. In some cases you can use "Sum" instead a verb "Amount to".

Sum

Sum verb - To combine (numbers) into a single sum.

Amount to and sum are semantically related in total topic. Sometimes you can use "Amount to" instead a verb "Sum".

Both terms in one sentence

  • This caused a sensation, as it was estimated that it could be easily 70 years before the as-yet-unborn child came into his money, and by then the legacy might amount to as much as £140,000,000 — an unimaginably vast sum in the 18th century.
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