sum : Idioms & Phrases

• as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5.

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• noun traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions
  

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• noun a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
  

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• in short; in brief. Obs. "In sum, the gospel . . . prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin." Rogers.

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• noun a complete payment consisting of a single sum of money
  

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• a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages. (b) a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as contrasted with the alternate choice of several payments over a period of time.

Webster 1913

• noun capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
  corpus; principal.
  

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• noun a quantity of money
  amount of money; sum; amount.
  
  • he borrowed a large sum
  • the amount he had in cash was insufficient

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• noun the final aggregate
  summation; sum.
  
  • the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered

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• verb give a summary (of)
  summarize; resume; summarise.
  
  • he summed up his results
  • I will now summarize
• verb be a summary of
  summarize; summarise; sum.
  
  • The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
• verb determine the sum of
  tot up; add up; sum; tally; tote up; tot; add; summate; total; add together.
  
  • Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

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• noun a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
  summary.
  
  • he gave a summary of the conclusions

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• noun a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
  summation; rundown.
  

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• a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a résumé; a summary.

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• noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; mass.
  
  • a batch of letters
  • a deal of trouble
  • a lot of money
  • he made a mint on the stock market
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
  • it must have cost plenty
  • a slew of journalists
  • a wad of money

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• noun a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
  resultant.
  

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• noun a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero
  

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