The total sums involved run into crores of rupees, the equivalent of several million pounds sterling, every year in perpetuity.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS
Many people were ready to sell exceptional periods of their life memories for handsome sums.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
All related terms of 'sums'
sum
A sum of money is an amount of money.
dim sum
a Chinese appetizer of steamed dumplings containing various fillings
sum up
If you sum something up , you describe it as briefly as possible .
up-sum
a summing-up
lump sum
A lump sum is an amount of money that is paid as a large amount on a single occasion rather than as smaller amounts on several separate occasions.
vector sum
a vector whose length and direction are represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram whose sides represent the given vectors
capital sum
an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
logical sum
the act of disconnecting or the state of being disconnected; separation
partial sum
one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence , the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on
sum assured
The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
sum insured
The sum insured is the insurer's limit of liability under an insurance contract .