sum total

sum total

n.
1. The total that is obtained by adding up a series of numbers; a sum.
2. The whole amount of something taken into consideration, especially that which cannot be calculated numerically; totality.

[Middle English somme total, ultimately (partly via Anglo-Norman sume total) from Medieval Latin summa tōtālis : Latin summa, sum; see sum + Medieval Latin tōtālis, total; see total.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sum total - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
congeries, conglomeration, aggregate - a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
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sum total

noun
A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition:
Archaic: tale.
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Translations
مَجْموع كُلّي، حاصِل الجَمِع
celkový úhrn
totalbeløb
Gesamtbetrag
heildarupphæî
endelig sum
genel toplam
总和

sum

(sam) noun
1. the amount or total made by two or more things or numbers added together. The sum of 12, 24, 7 and 11 is 54.
2. a quantity of money. It will cost an enormous sum to repair the swimming pool.
3. a problem in arithmetic. My children are better at sums than I am.
sum total
the complete or final total. The sum total of the damage cannot be calculated.
sum uppast tense, past participle summed verb
to give the main or important points of. He summed up the various proposals.
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