1.  sum(n = noun.possession) amount, amount of money, sum of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
is a kind of assets
has particulars: gain, gross, receipts, revenue, cash surrender value, contribution, deductible, defalcation, loss, red, red ink, figure, coverage, insurance coverage, advance, cash advance, payroll, paysheet, peanuts, purse, purse

2.  sum(n = noun.cognition) amount, total - a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers;
is a kind of quantity
has particulars: grand total, subtotal
Derived forms verb sum₂, verb summate₁

3.  sum(n = noun.group) sum total, summation - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
has particulars: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration
Derived forms verb sum₂, verb summate₁, verb summate₂

4.  sum(n = noun.cognition) center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance - 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"
is a kind of cognitive content, content, mental object
has particulars: bare bones, hypostasis, haecceity, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
Derived form verb summate₂

5.  sum(n = noun.artifact) aggregate, total, totality - the whole amount;
is a kind of unit, whole
Derived forms verb sum₂, verb summate₁

6.  sum(n = noun.group) join, union - 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"
is a kind of set
has particulars: direct sum

1.  sum(v = verb.stative) sum up, summarise, summarize - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
is one way to say, state, tell
Derived form noun summation₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

2.  sum(v = verb.communication) add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
is one way to count, enumerate, number, numerate
Derived forms noun sum₅, noun sum₂, noun sum₃, noun summation₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

1.  The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12. [1913 Webster]
" Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things." [1913 Webster]
"Take ye the sum of all the congregation." [1913 Webster]

2.  A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"With a great sum obtained I this freedom." [1913 Webster]

3.  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. [1913 Webster]

4.  Height; completion; utmost degree. [1913 Webster]
"Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought
My story to the sum of earthly bliss." [1913 Webster]

5.  A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
"A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole." [1913 Webster]
"A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums." [1913 Webster]

1.  To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up. [1913 Webster]
"The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day." [1913 Webster]

2.  To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up. [1913 Webster]
"“Go to the ant, thou sluggard,” in few words sums up the moral of this fable." [1913 Webster]
"He sums their virtues in himself alone." [1913 Webster]

3.  To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. [1913 Webster]
"But feathered soon and fledge
They summed their pens [wings]." [1913 Webster]

sum, n. & v.
--n.
1 the total amount resulting from the addition of two or more items, facts, ideas, feelings, etc. (the sum of two and three is five; the sum of their objections is this).
2 a particular amount of money (paid a large sum for it).
3 a an arithmetical problem (could not work out the sum). b (esp. pl.) colloq. arithmetic work, esp. at an elementary level (was good at sums).
--v.tr. (summed, summing) find the sum of.

Idiom:
in sum in brief. summing-up
1 a review of evidence and a direction given by a judge to a jury.
2 a recapitulation of the main points of an argument, case, etc.
sum total = sense
1 of n.
sum up
1 (esp. of a judge) recapitulate or review the evidence in a case etc.
2 form or express an idea of the character of (a person, situation, etc.).
3 collect into or express as a total or whole.

Etymology:
ME f. OF summe, somme f. L summa main part, fem. of summus highest

N  quantity, magnitude, size, amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, substance, strength, force, mathematics, mathesis, category, general conception, universal predicament, armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful, stock, batch, lot, dose, yaffle, quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few, to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely.

N  whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.

N  number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer, counter, round number, formula, function, series, sum, difference, complement, subtrahend, product, multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator, coefficient, multiple, dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction, rational number, surd, irrational number, transcendental number, mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate, numerator, denominator, decimal, circulating decimal, repetend, common measure, aliquot part, prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair, reciprocal, totient, binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number, permutation, combination, variation, election, ratio, proportion, comparison, progression, arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression, percentage, permilage, figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers, power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm, modulus, base, differential, integral, fluxion, fluent, numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable, proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive, positive, negative, rational, irrational, surd, radical, real, complex, imaginary, finite, infinite, impossible, numerically, modulo.

VB  number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.

N  money, legal tender, money matters, money market, finance, accounts, funds, treasure, capital, stock, assets, wealth, supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash, mammon, dough, cabbage, money-like instruments, M, M, sum, amount, balance, balance sheet, sum total, proceeds, currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash, dollar, sterling coin, pounds shillings and pence, Ls, d, pocket, breeches pocket, purse, money in hand, cash at hand, ready money, ready cash, slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough, rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink, argent comptant, bottom dollar, buzzard dollar, checks, dibs, double eagle, eagle, Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency, Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate, long bit, short bit, moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock, seawan, seawant, thousand dollars, grand, single, one-dollar bill, two- dollar bill, five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, Lincoln, ten-dollar bill, sawbuck, twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck, fifty-dollar bill, hundred-dollar bill, C-note, penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper, two-cent piece three-cent piece, half- dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B, Anthony dollar, precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget, petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea, rouleau, wampum, good sum, round sum, lump sum, power of money, plum, lac of rupees, major coin, crown, minor coin, monetarist, monetary theory, numismatics, chrysology, numismatist, paper money, greenback, major denomination, minor denomination, money order, postal money order, Post Office order, bank note, bond, bill, bill of exchange, order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, blueback, hundi, shinplaster, note, note of hand, promissory note, I O U, draft, check, cheque, back-dated check, negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW, remittance, credit, liability, drawer, drawee, obligor, obligee, moneyer, coiner, false money, bad money, base coin, flash note, slip, kite, fancy stocks, Bank of Elegance, argumentum ad crumenam, letter of credit, circulation, multiplier effect, inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency, deflation, stagflation, exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates, currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change, gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard, bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account, certificate of deposit, CD, $, US$, Y, A$, Federal Reserve Bank, central bank, Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Secret Service, mint, bureau of engraving, seigniorage, counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood), interest, interest rate, discount rate, monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical, sterling, nummary, barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives, but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that, Gelt regiert die Welt, money rules the world, money makes the world go round, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam, redet Geld so schweigt die Welt, money is the mother's milk of politics, money is the root of all evil, money isn't everything, as phony as a three-dollar bill, don't take any wooden nickels.

dim sum, direct sum, lump sum, principal sum, sum of money, sum total, sum up, tidy sum, vector sum