sum
Plural
sums
1
a total of money, typically owed in a financial transaction
- The sum owed on the invoice amounted to $500.
- After adding up all the expenses, the total sum came to $1000.
- He withdrew a large sum from his savings account to purchase a car.
- The winning lottery ticket entitled him to a substantial sum of money.
- She transferred a considerable sum of funds to her investment portfolio.
Synonyms:
2
the whole amount of numbers added together
- The sum of 5, 6, and 7 is 18.
- She calculated the sum of the prices of all the items in her shopping cart.
- The sum of the angles in a triangle is always 180 degrees.
- We need to find the sum of all the expenses to create a budget.
- The sum of the first ten prime numbers is 129.
4
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience