sum (
http://definr.com/sum)
n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
he had in cash was insufficient" [syn:
sum of money,
amount,
amount of money]
2: a quantity obtained by addition [syn:
amount,
total]
3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not
equal the misery they suffered" [syn:
sum total]
4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
"the nub of the story" [syn:
kernel,
substance,
core,
center,
essence,
gist,
heart,
heart and soul,
inwardness,
marrow,
meat,
nub,
pith,
nitty-gritty]
5: the whole amount [syn:
total,
totality,
aggregate]
6: a set containing all and only the members of two or more
given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn:
union,
join]
v : determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn:
total,
tot, {tot
up},
sum up,
summate,
tote up,
add,
add together,
tally,
add up]