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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tantamount

/tăn'-təm-ountˌ/ · Tan·ta·mount · IPA /ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/
01 a. Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
  1. 1.
    Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
    “A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right.” — Hallam.
    “The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin.” — De Quincey.
02 v. i. To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.
  1. 1.
    To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.[Obs.]