A quantity or amount of money. In early use also as a mass noun.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] (188) sumc1300 A quantity or amount of money. In early use also as a mass noun. sumc1300 A quantity or amount of money, gold, silver, etc. so muchc1384 so much (See also forsomuch, adv., insomuch, adv.) n. A certain unspecified amount, sum, etc. quantity1405 The amount of something. With reference to money, payment, etc. sum in gross (also in great)1421 †sum in gross (also in great): a total amount; a single payment or transaction for a whole amount (typically as opposed to instalments or regular… summa?a1425 A quantity or amount (of money, gold, etc.). Obsolete. amount1450 The total financial value or cost (of something). sold1513 Scottish. A sum or quantity (originally of money or gold). bankc1530 A sum of money, an amount. Now rare. quantum1602 Total amount or quantity; = quantity, n. 6. In later use chiefly Law (with reference to amounts of money: cf. quantity, n. 6d) and South Asian. cash1677 A sum of money. Obsolete. amt.1744 As a graphic abbreviation: an amount. figure1842 Hence, An amount, number, sum of money expressed in figures. a bit1894 a bit: a sum of money; money. (Cf. 8a) slang. Subcategories:— a certain or fixed sum (5) — lump sum (5) — as much as fills a purse (1) — large sum (31) — small sum (35) — no money (1) — sum by which something falls short (2) — sum of money saved (5) — sum represented by cheques, etc., in transit (1) — specific sums of money (87) — a devalued sum (1) |
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