Sum - English meaning

noun

A whole formed by combining several separate elements.

Usage examples:

The council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies

adjective

Formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.

Usage examples:

The aggregate amount of grants made

verb

Form or group into a class or cluster.

Usage examples:

Socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

The degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is

Usage examples:

She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident., he liked to carry a large amount of…

noun

A thing that is said, written, or done as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation.

Usage examples:

He knocked and entered without waiting for an answer

verb

Say or write something as a reaction to someone or something.

Usage examples:

‘of course i can,’ she answered

verb

A statement made to reply to a question or criticism

noun

The branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers.

Usage examples:

The laws of arithmetic

adjective

Relating to arithmetic.

Usage examples:

Arithmetic calculations

Mathematics dealing with numerical calculations

noun

A mathematical determination of the amount or number of something.

Usage examples:

Finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations

noun

The process of finding an amount or number using mathematics

Usage examples:

A calculation of their tax liability will be made from their account books., my calculation is that…

noun

The process of using information you already have and adding, taking away, multiplying, or dividing numbers to judge the number or amount of something

Usage examples:

The calculations that you did/made contained a few inaccuracies.

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

The action of mathematical calculation.

Usage examples:

Methods of computation

noun

Calculation

Usage examples:

[ u ] the computation of the square root of pi

noun

The act or process of calculating an answer or amount by using a machine

Usage examples:

A scientific software package for numerical computations, the amount due was a simple matter of mat…

verb

(of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done.

Usage examples:

Each issue of the magazine costs £1

noun

An amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something.

Usage examples:

We are able to cover the cost of the event

noun

The amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something

Usage examples:

At no extra cost when you buy a new computer, you usually get software included at no extra cost., …

noun

A payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.

Usage examples:

They were faced with legal fees of £3000

verb

Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.

Usage examples:

Others offer discounts on software purchases to subscribers of their once-free, now fee'd, online s…

noun

An amount of money charged for a service or for the use of something

Usage examples:

An admission fee, the doctor’s usual fee is $125.

noun

A number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.

Usage examples:

The trade figures

verb

Have a significant part or role in a situation or process.

Usage examples:

The issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks

noun

A number or an amount

Usage examples:

The collection was valued at $20 million, a figure that might cover the cost of having artists recr…

adjective

(especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Gross human rights abuses

adverb

Without tax or other contributions having been deducted.

Usage examples:

If the value of your bond is £50,000 or more the interest will be paid gross

verb

Produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income.

Usage examples:

The film went on to gross $8 million

noun

Mathematics.

Usage examples:

She teaches math and science

noun

Short form ofmathematics

noun

The abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts ( pure mathematics ), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering ( applied mathematics ).

Usage examples:

A taste for mathematics

plural noun

The abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure mathematics), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (applied mathematics)

Usage examples:

A taste for mathematics

noun

The science of numbers, forms, amounts, and their relationships

Usage examples:

A mathematical formula

plural noun

Mathematics.

Usage examples:

Her mother was a maths teacher

noun

The study of numbers, shapes, and space using reason and usually a special system of symbols and rules for organizing them

verb

An arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations.

Usage examples:

Think of a number from one to ten and multiply it by three

proper noun

The fourth book of the bible, relating the experiences of the israelites in the wilderness after moses led them out of egypt.

noun

A unit or its symbol that forms part of a system of counting and calculating, and that represents an amount or position in a series

Usage examples:

You can write numbers in words, such as six, seven, and eight, or with symbols, such as 6, 7, and 8…

noun

The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.

Usage examples:

Land could be sold for a high price

verb

Decide the amount required as payment for (something offered for sale).

Usage examples:

The watches are priced at £55

noun

The amount of money for which something is sold or offered for sale

Usage examples:

High/low prices, the price of gas went up five cents a gallon., the car is priced at $24,000.

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

Usage examples:

They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

Usage examples:

Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

Usage examples:

Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

noun

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Usage examples:

The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled

noun

A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.

Usage examples:

We hope this leaflet has been helpful in answering your questions

verb

Ask (someone) questions, especially in an official context.

Usage examples:

Four men were being questioned about the killings

verb

A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

noun

The action or process of calculating or estimating something.

Usage examples:

The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, earl of mar

verb

Establish by calculation.

Usage examples:

His debts were reckoned at £300,000

noun

A calculation that you make

Usage examples:

By my reckoning, we should arrive in ten minutes.

noun

The process of adding things together.

Usage examples:

The summation of numbers of small pieces of evidence

noun

A current score or amount.

Usage examples:

That takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

verb

Agree or correspond.

Usage examples:

Their signatures should tally with their names on the register

noun

A record or count of a number of items

Usage examples:

The final tally was 21 for and 16 against., [ t ] i need to finish tallying the receipts., [ i ] hi…

noun

A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

Usage examples:

The reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs

verb

Fix the price of (something) according to a tariff.

Usage examples:

These services are tariffed by volume

noun

A government charge on goods entering or leaving a country

Usage examples:

Import tariffs

adjective

Comprising the whole number or amount.

Usage examples:

A total cost of £4,000

noun

The whole number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He scored a total of thirty-three points

verb

Amount in number to.

Usage examples:

They were left with debts totalling £6,260

noun

A book forming part of a work or series.

Usage examples:

A biography of george bernard shaw in three volumes