sum
US /sʌm/
Definition
a quantity of money
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The firm paid a large sum of money for the new building.
Word Family
NounNoun
sum gốc
summation
VerbVerb
sum gốc
summate
AdjectiveAdj
summational
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- totalthe whole amount
- aggregatethe whole amount
- amounta quantity of money
Collocations
- Easy sum of moneyto sum of money, meaning to be a summary of
- Medium lump sum paymentto lump sum payment, meaning to put together indiscriminately
- Hard sum total of liabilitiesto sum total of liabilities, meaning to be a summary of
- Very Hard zero-sum game dynamicsa collocation phrase: zero-sum game dynamics
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