Present participle of amount; the process of totaling to a certain figure or mounting something in place.
From amount, from Old French amonter (to mount or ascend), ultimately from Latin ad- (to) and mons (mountain).
When accountants talk about 'amounting to $5 million in losses,' they're using a verb that originally meant 'climbing up'—your debt is climbing the mountain!
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