Sum is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like total or amount. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sum in a sentence
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Sum meaning
- A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
- An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
- A quantity of money.
Synonyms of Sum
Using Sum
- The main meaning on this page is: A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation. | An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition). | A quantity of money.
- Useful related words include: total, amount, sum up, kernel.
- In the example corpus, sum often appears in combinations such as: sum of, the sum, like sum.
Context around Sum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 16 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sum
- In this selection, "sum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lump, correct, possible, transfer, game and thereof stand out and add context to how "sum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in like sum, in the sum of n300, lump sum, dim sum and direct sum. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sum" sits close to words such as pink, superior and walks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The judge, Salihu Ibrahim, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1 million with one surety in like sum. (21 words)
Chief Magistrate M.O. Tanimola admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum. (22 words)
Magistrate L.J.K Layeni admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N300, 000 with two sureties in like sum. (22 words)
Any sum that, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable on allotment or at a fixed date, must be treated for the purposes of this constitution as a call duly made and payable on the date on which by the terms of issue the sum becomes payable. (50 words)
Under s.9(2) Bills of Exchange Act 1990 as amended, “when the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and there is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable”. (41 words)
Justice Ogbuanya also ordered Guinness to pay the sum of N30 million to Nwosu as damages for the unfair labour practices he suffered, as well as pay the claimant (Nwosu), an additional sum of N2 million as cost of litigation. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Discrepancies between indicated sum of any column of figures and the correct sum thereof will be resolved in favor of the correct sum.
In the context of a distortionary tax, the compensating variation is the minimum lump sum transfer that makes an individual indifferent between the lump sum transfer with tax and no lump sum transfer with no tax (the original situation).
The sum and product of two such matrices is again of this form, and the sum and product of complex numbers corresponds to the sum and product of such matrices.
Chief Magistrate M.O. Tanimola admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
Humans believed for a long time that we were playing a positive-sum game or, at worst, a zero-sum game, with nature.
Justice Ogbuanya also ordered Guinness to pay the sum of N30 million to Nwosu as damages for the unfair labour practices he suffered, as well as pay the claimant (Nwosu), an additional sum of N2 million as cost of litigation.
Magistrate L.J.K Layeni admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N300, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
The prime minister said Monday that the Stark Logistics stake had been sold for a peppercorn sum, but would not disclose to the media what that sum was.
Under s.9(2) Bills of Exchange Act 1990 as amended, “when the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and there is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable”.
After he pleaded not guilty, the court granted him bail in the sum of ₦10m with two responsible sureties in like sum who must be gainfully employed with the federal or state government and not less than grade level 16.
In a ruling, Justice Mohammed granted the defendants bail in the sum of N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) each and one surety in like sum that must be resident in Sokoto.
On the hour side, the highest possible sum is 9 and on the minute side, the highest possible sum is 14 (5+9).
After listening to their submissions, the Magistrate granted them bail in the sum of N300,000 only, with one surety in the like sum, saying that “the surety shall be a civil servant of grade level six and above.
Any sum that, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable on allotment or at a fixed date, must be treated for the purposes of this constitution as a call duly made and payable on the date on which by the terms of issue the sum becomes payable.
Following her plea of not guilty, Magistrate O.A. Akokhia, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N20,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He admitted Ayokunbi to bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the matter until July 21 for hearing.
In her ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Oluwatoyin Oghere, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1million with two responsible sureties in like sum.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Oluwatoyin Oghere, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The judge, Salihu Ibrahim, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1 million with one surety in like sum.
The Magistrate, Mr F. J. Omisade, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N300,000 with one surety each in like sum.
Phrases with sum
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with sum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sum of 127×
- the sum 123×
- like sum 29×
- lump sum 18×
- sum is 15×
- sum and 11×
- direct sum 10×
- sum up 7×
- sum was 5×
- sum to 5×