Synonym: amount, entirety, quantity, total, whole. Antonym: part. Similar words: sum up, summer, resume, summit, assume, consume, summary, consumer. Meaning: [sʌm] n. 1. a quantity of money 2. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers 3. the final aggregate 4. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience 5. the whole amount 6. the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan 7. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets. v. 1. be a summary of 2. determine the sum of.
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211 The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.
212 The sum delimited for military spending, 108,000 million roubles, equalled that set aside for social security.
213 And there was a little argument between two security men about some detail of crowd positioning that seemed to sum up everything.
214 The summons requires the person to attend the court to explain to the magistrate why the sum has not been paid.
215 And young activists can win the princely sum of £100 if they come up with the winning slogan.
216 The contractor is paid for the actual costs he incurs plus a previously agreed lump sum for his overheads and profit.
217 If I had to sum up friendship in one word, it would be comfort. Terri Guillemets
218 Then you will receive both the hospitalisation benefit and, if applicable, the lump sum benefit for your injuries.
219 The sum of the masses of protons and neutrons is the atomic weight of the atom.
220 We also established that a similar sum had been paid in through our Strangeways Branch although this had not caused any alarm.
221 In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost
222 If you can not complete the declaration without qualification, the sum assured may also have to be reduced under your Bond.Sentencedict.com
223 Honesty is the sum of sincerity, reasonableness, truthfulness, and fairness – honesty is the virtuous strength that overcomes deceit, deception and lying. Dr T.P.Chia
224 The government has allocated, for the introduction of the National Curriculum into 24,000 schools, the sum of £30 million.
225 The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Aristotle
226 Consider the facts: The jewel was sold at auction for the then amazing sum of £1.3 million in 1987.
227 The directors in that case had decided that the company should acquire a brokerage business for a substantial sum.
228 The normal premium is about 10 per cent of the total sum insured.
229 Expect a lump sum paid in advance, either per month, or year.
230 The simplest option is to build up a lump sum in an ordinary deposit account.
231 This ensures that the sum of capital allowances is equal to the real depreciation incurred.
232 A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do. Bill Clinton
233 If a group can achieve its goals through the sum of individual contributions, then the traditional working group makes sense.
234 Something of an all-star outfit, each band member is an accomplished musician with an impressive r sum and enormous talent.
More similar words: sum up, summer, resume, summit, assume, consume, summary, consumer, summation, sumptuous, assumption, presumably, consumption.