Definition of sum

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Sum (n.) The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections..

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Conjugate :: Conjugate (v. t.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons..
Understudy :: Understudy (n.) One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.
Scutage :: Scutage (n.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
Given :: Given (v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise..
Sobriquet :: Sobriquet (n.) An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
Somnour :: Somnour (n.) A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour.
Up :: Up (adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent..
Benzoin :: Benzoin (n.) A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume..
Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To receive or adopt.
Pedimana :: Pedimana (n. pl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums..
Proceeds :: Proceeds (n. pl.) That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc..
Ermine :: Ermine (n.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black..
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
Uredo :: Uredo (n.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement..
Picul :: Picul (n.) A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135/ lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133/ lbs.; in Japan, 133/ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan..
Outing :: Outing (n.) The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing..
Invite :: Invite (v. t.) To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion..
Amount :: Amount (n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
Affectation :: Affectation (n.) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
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