sum
a quantity of money
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,728 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,532 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a quantity of money also: sum of money, amount, amount of money he borrowed a large sumthe amount he had in cash was insufficient
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers also: amount, total
- the final aggregate also: summation, sum total the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience also: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence the gist of the prosecutor's argumentthe heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the whole amount also: total, totality, aggregate
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets also: union, join let C be the union of the sets A and B
verb
- be a summary of also: summarize, summarise, sum up The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
- determine the sum of also: total, tot, tot up, sum up, summate, tote up Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
sum in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But was subsequently ransomed for a large sum.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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He did not want the trifling sum that every New York policeman acquires.
The Intrusion of Jimmy · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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A lawyer--also in the city--paid her a small sum quarterly--enough to dress on, and for minor expenses.
Back to Billabong · Mary Grant Bruce · Chapter 1
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Having counted this sum, the commissary offered it to Mme. Favoral, saying, “This belongs to you madame.”
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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This sum he at once resigned to his associates, on condition that they should defray from it his personal liabilities.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1