sum

Definition

  • noun: an amount of money
  • noun: an indefinite or specified amount of money
  • verb: to calculate the sum of
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: compendium, height, completion

Examples

  • Working odd summer jobs has been 'the sum of' my experience so far. [=has been all the experience I've had so far]

  • That picture 'sums' him 'up' perfectly. [=that picture perfectly shows what kind of person he is]

  • “So, you don't want to go because you think it will be boring?” “That just about 'sums it up'.”

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Bone Saw is ready! Will the next victim please enter the arena at this time? If he can withstand just three minutes in the cage with Bone Saw McGraw... ...the sum of $ will be paid to... - What's your name, kid? - The Human Spider. The Human Spider? That's it. That's the best you got? - Yeah. - Oh, that sucks. The sum of $ will be paid to... ...the terrifying, the deadly... ...the amazing Spiderman! - My Name's the Human Spider. - I don't care, get out there. - No, he got my name wrong. (..)
    2002 Spider-Man
  • (..) you know, shouldn't y'all be considering treasury bonds or utility stocks? in the late seventies banking wasn't a job you went into to make large sums of money. It was a fucking snooze! Filled with losers! Like selling insurance, or.... accounting And if banking was boring... (..)
    2015 The Big Short
  • (..) Then tell him that I've threatened your life, unless you help me to get across the border. Tell him that for half the sum of the reward, plus a forged pass to get you out of the country, you will deliver me into an ambush at some prenamed place... of the Fat Man's choosing (..)
    1975 The Return of the Pink Panther