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
Sum verb - To combine (numbers) into a single 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.
Source: Literature / The Sleeper Awakes
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