"amounting" in the verb sense
1. amount
be tantamount or equivalent to
"Her action amounted to a rebellion"
2. total, number, add up, come, amount
add up in number or quantity
"The bills amounted to $2,000"
"The bill came to $2,000"
3. come, add up, amount
develop into
"This idea will never amount to anything"
"nothing came of his grandiose plans"
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