sum
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- noun
- /sʌm/
:
suma
- Nadra's father doubled the sum of the dowry he had meant to ask.
- sum of money
- a lump sum
- large sums
And the Express came back with a six figure sum, but they couldn't do the advertising.
- And the Express came back with a six figure sum, but they couldn't do the advertising.
- Maybe they just get a nice little fixed sum when the job's done.
Examples
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I signed a year's lease for a monthly sum that would take most of my monthly earnings.
Fiction book (1993) -
The organization raised a significant sum to help those affected by the disaster.
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What that means is that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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I took a a large sum out of my council years and years ago.
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Well it was a substantial sum.
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I need a small sum of money for a horse and armor... so that I can return and claim what is mine.
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It's a six-figure sum, which is extremely cool.
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Why have such large sums of money failed to stimulate the economy?
Academic text (2011) -
Today's game is 1.1 billion in silver, for a familiar sum of 600 million in cold, hard cash.
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And he'll find out that you've withdrawn large sums of money from your bank account.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A quantity of something, often money or goods
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1.8
Money saved or set aside for a specific purpose
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1.0
The whole amount you get when you add numbers together
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1.1
The total money people use, need, or have for a certain purpose
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4.3
A sum of money given as a prize or for a specific purpose
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5.8
The total amount formed by adding several separate parts
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3.3
The whole amount you get after you add all parts
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4.8
The total you get when you add things together
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1.0
Money available to spend for a specific purpose
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3.5
An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose
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3.7
A fairly large amount of money that is nice to get
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.7
A single large payment that you get all at once instead of in smaller parts
- Specialized
A way of joining two sets or spaces so each new item has one part from each
- Specialized
Original amount of money someone lends or invests that people pay interest on
- Specialized
The result of adding two or more arrows that show direction and size, such as forces and movements
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sum for money comes from the same Latin summa 'total', so a payment or inheritance called a 'sum' is simply the total amount of money involved.