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Probably she would not part with it unless he named a sum which she could not resist; yet if the sum were at all large she might suspect the book's value and refuse.

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  1. noun Mathematics An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.
  2. noun Mathematics An arithmetic problem: a child good at sums.
  3. noun The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate: the sum of the team's combined experience.
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amount ·  payment ·  value ·  profit ·  expenditure ·  share ·  salary ·  fund ·  fee ·  money ·  contribution ·  loss

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sum:   sums ·  summed ·  summing
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  1. Middle English summe, from Old French, from Latin summa, from feminine of summus, highest; see uper in Indo-European roots.
  2. Uzbek sŭm, from Chuvash sum, som, payment; see som.

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  1. Early modern English summe, somme, from Middle English summe, somme, from Old French somme, French somme = Spanish suma = Portuguese summa = Italian somma = D. G. Swedish summa = Danish sum, from Latin summa, the highest part, the top, summit, the chief point, the main thing, the principal matter, the substance, completion, issue, perfection, the whole, the amount, sum, fern. (sc. pars) of summus, highest, superlative of superus, superior, higher, from super, over, above: see super-. Cf. supreme.
  2. Early modern English also summe; from Old French sommer = Spanish sumar = Portuguese summar = Italian sommare, from Middle Latin summare, sum up, charge, exact, from Latin summa, sum: see sum, n.
 

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