sum
noun
[ sʌm ]
• a particular amount of money.
• "they could not afford such a sum"
• the total amount resulting from the addition of two or more numbers, amounts, or items.
• "the sum of two prime numbers"
• an arithmetical problem, especially at an elementary level.
• "we did sums at school, Mummy"
Similar:
arithmetical problem,
problem,
calculation,
reckoning,
tally,
question,
arithmetic,
mathematics,
figures,
numbers,
computation,
maths,
math,
sum
verb
• find the sum of (two or more amounts).
• "if we sum these equations we obtain X"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin summa ‘main part, sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest’.
in sum
• to sum up.
• "this interpretation does little, in sum, to add to our understanding"
Similar:
in short,
briefly,
in brief,
to put it briefly,
to cut a long story short,
in a word,
to sum up,
in a nutshell,
to come to the point,
in essence,
in outline,
