lump sumnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌlʌmp ˈsʌm/us/ˌlʌmp ˈsʌm/an amount of money that is paid in one large amount on one occasion:
Her divorce settlement included a lump sum of $2 million.
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Amounts of money
- ante
 - balance
 - bank
 - blood money
 - bounty
 - buck
 - budget
 - capital
 - circumstance
 - daily bread
 - float
 - have/get your snout in the trough idiom
 - living wage
 - money supply
 - nut
 - payout
 - pool
 - slush fund
 - sub
 - trough
 
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