sum of money
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- noun
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suma de dinero
- CIEH donated a sum of money to NEHA to assist environmental health in the United States.
- large sums of money
- spend sums of money
- invest sums of money
And, and the master gave each person a sum of money based on their own abilities.
- And, and the master gave each person a sum of money based on their own abilities.
- And Simon Schwartzman has, has given quite a large sum of money, I think in total a billion dollars.
- A big difference is that big frauds often take one large lump sum of money from investors.
- It's above the law, and officials have routinely skimmed off huge sums of money to line their own pockets.
- One of the first signs is if he asks you for large sums of money.
- Yeah, So the easiest way to support this is to give Dan Nocera huge sums of money.
- I was approached by his team and I was offered a lot of money, like a big lump sum of money and a few options.
- It didn't make a massive sum of money, but that was the moment that that really got me involved.
- This campaign has been supported by politicians and right wing think tanks who have all received very large sums of money from these same sources.
- where you have the person like you just described, you know, wealthy, you know, cashes out for large sums of money
- When he passed away, he bequeathed a huge sum of money to Edinboro University in Scotland to do sigh research.
- And, and they probably made a very, very good sum of money on that one, that one little AD, that one little promotion.
- A Turkish businesswoman gave him large sums of money which he needs to get out of Turkey and which he was meant to invest.
Examples
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We spend huge sums of money on education and we have the worst results from the stuff.
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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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Why do you need such a large sum of money?
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We have to give him a large sum of money.
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I pay him a sum of money, and I will do the same for you every year.
Fiction book (2001) -
Tell me, has he asked for large sums of money recently?
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And, and the master gave each person a sum of money based on their own abilities.
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The sale typically brings a handsome sum of money to the physician.
Academic text (1996) -
As a result, large sums of money are invested to restore salmon throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Academic text (2005) -
Why do you need such a large sum of money?
Synonyms
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Coins, bills, or bank savings people use to buy things and pay for services
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A quantity of something, often money or goods
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The total money people use, need, or have for a certain purpose
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An amount of money considered as a whole
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An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an amount or total of money' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sum' (a total) + 'of' (linking preposition) + 'money' (currency). This straightforward noun phrase pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Sum of money comes from the simple idea of adding numbers to get one result. A sum is the 'total' you get after you add, so a sum of money is the single total amount of money someone has or needs.