The sum totalof a number of things is all the things added or considered together. You often use this expression to indicate that you are disappointed because the total amount is rather small.
That small room contained the sum total of the family's possessions. [+ of]
We have already seen the sum total of his attributes.
sum total in British English
(sʌm ˈtəʊtəl)
noun
1. the sum total
2. the sum total of sth
sum total in American English
1.
the total arrived at by adding up a sum or sums
2.
everything involved or included
Examples of 'sum total' in a sentence
sum total
The phone had rung another couple of times, and that was the sum total of my illegal surveillance.
Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)
The Home Secretary, she said, had given him every opportunity, and the sum total had been what?
Kippax, Frank THE SCAR (2002)
'Every personality is the sum total of accumulated suppressions of minorities.